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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. What Alabama Congressman took the lead in education reform when he backed the NDEA?
(a) T.S. Elliot.
(b) Carl Elliot.
(c) Elliot Grossman.
(d) Carl Jung.

2. Which two Supreme Court Justices during both the Nixon and Reagan administration supported legislation that would roll back civil rights?
(a) Ginsburg and Alito.
(b) Burger and Reagan.
(c) Burger and Rehnquist.
(d) Rehnquist and McDonald.

3. What group influenced the killer at the Emanuel AME Church?
(a) Carolina Protection Council.
(b) Council of Conservative Christians.
(c) Christian Conservation Council.
(d) White Citizens Brigade.

4. Where did the “Red Summer” occur?
(a) Africa.
(b) Europe.
(c) South America.
(d) North America.

5. As the nation began to lag behind because of lack of education, who did some Southerners placed blame?
(a) White teachers.
(b) Black parents.
(c) White parents.
(d) Black teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. William Bradford Reynold, Assistant General Attorney for civil right under Reagan, worked to dismantle what final alternative to desegregate schools?

2. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?

3. What is the name of the system by which white plantation owners would bail Black men out of jail and have them work off their debt?

4. Which war gave Blacks the opportunity to leave the South to find work in the North?

5. Voter suppression laws in Florida resulted in Trump winning that state by how many votes?

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