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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2014 race riots erupted after the police killing of whom?
(a) Michael Brown.
(b) Rudy Giuliani.
(c) Amadou Diallo.
(d) Bronwin Michaels.

2. Why did The Homestead Act not benefit Black Americans?
(a) The did not own homes.
(b) They did not need homes.
(c) They were not considered citizens.
(d) They were not interested in owning homes.

3. In 1918, The Federal Government issued what order for Blacks?
(a) Get married or fight.
(b) Teach or fight.
(c) Work or fight.
(d) Move or fight.

4. Why did many whites assume outsider agitators were involved in influencing the Great Migration?
(a) They believed Blacks were satisfied with their lives.
(b) They believed Blacks were going to get lost.
(c) They believed Blacks were wealthy.
(d) They believed Blacks were well educated.

5. Where did the 2014 police murder take place?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Ferguson, Missouri.
(c) New York City.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Black Codes?

2. To what country did the American Colonization Society move thousands of newly freed people?

3. What percent of African Americans were in the Union army?

4. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

5. Which Supreme Court decision stated that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States?

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