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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was the KKK founded?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1765.
(d) 1665.

2. What was the name of the group that created recommendations introduced in November 1955 to keep Virginia schools segregated?
(a) The Virginia Education Commission.
(b) The Gray Commission.
(c) The Senatorial Educational Plan Against School Integration.
(d) The Garland initiative.

3. What act was passed in 1867 in response to the rise of the KKK?
(a) The Encroachment Act.
(b) The Anti-Racism Act.
(c) The Enforcement Act.
(d) The Implementation Act.

4. In addition to seeking work during the Great Migration, what did Blacks hope to find up North?
(a) Better hospitals.
(b) Better schools.
(c) Better restaurants.
(d) Better lawyers.

5. Who was the mayor of New York in 1999?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) Rudy Giuliani.
(c) Ossian Sweet.
(d) WEB Dubois.

Short Answer Questions

1. Created by Congress in 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau was responsible for what?

2. Who created the American Colonization Society?

3. Which newspaper was thought to have influenced the Great Migration?

4. The southern closure of school affected whom?

5. After Diallo’s murder, what did Black Americans express concern over with regard to the New York Police Department?

(see the answer key)

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