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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) Elliot Grossman.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) T.S. Elliot.
(d) Carl Elliot.

2. In which newspaper was the author’s initial piece about “white rage” published?
(a) Milwaukee Tribune.
(b) Washington Post.
(c) Chicago Defender.
(d) New York Times.

3. Who was president when Sputnik was launched?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Donald J. Trump.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. In what year was Brown v. Board of Education passed?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1927.

5. How many African Americans were on the jury after the 1999 Texas drug raid?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Perrow plan proposed to cut public school funding while funneling tax payer dollars into what?

3. According to Anderson, in the early twentieth century, the rape of Black women was considered a white man’s what?

4. Though Representative Elliot believed the U.S. had to work toward better education, he did not believe in what?

5. By 2014, what was the number of states that passed voting restriction statutes?

(see the answer key)

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