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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man who killed Hampton Smith for his brutal behavior?
(a) Sidney Jones.
(b) John Sidney.
(c) Sidney Johnson.
(d) Sid Smith.

2. What was the mayor of New York’s reaction to the murder of Amadou Diallo?
(a) He swiftly arrested the police officers involved.
(b) He touted the excellence of the NYPD.
(c) He immediately mandated implicit bias training for all officers.
(d) He enacted strict anti-racist policy.

3. After Diallo’s murder, what did Black Americans express concern over with regard to the New York Police Department?
(a) Lack of force.
(b) Community policing.
(c) Racial profiling.
(d) Low wages.

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

5. What group worked to overturn Jim Crow laws in the 1930s?
(a) CIA.
(b) AARP.
(c) NAACP.
(d) YMCA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anderson described many instances of Black people being arrested or killed by police officers for minor offenses, if any. One instance is that of a Black Harvard Professor who was killed for being where?

2. What Alabama Congressman took the lead in education reform when he backed the NDEA?

3. Anderson states that, “Black achievement, black aspirations, and black success are construed as” what?

4. The objective of the White Citizens Council that sprang up throughout the South was to do what?

5. Which states’ determination to uphold American slavery led to the Civil War?

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