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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. The CCC’s core values justified what?
(a) White Nationalism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Police brutality.

2. Richard Conley said what agency had no intention of enforcing Brown?
(a) The Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) The Department of Education.
(c) The Department of Child Welfare.
(d) The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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

4. In 2015, FIfth Circuit judges ruled Ramos ruling would disturb the election because it was what?
(a) Hard to understand.
(b) Constitutional.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Too close to Election Day.

5. Which newspaper was thought to have influenced the Great Migration?
(a) The Chicago Defender.
(b) The Mississippi Chronicle.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Washington Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act was passed in 1867 in response to the rise of the KKK?

2. Once these types of jobs began to disappear in the United States, it became much more difficult for those without an education to make a living wage?

3. Which Alabama Governor received a congratulatory telegram after blocking a Black student’s acceptance to a Tuscaloosa University?

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

5. Following Brown v. Board, great pains were taken to stop Blacks from doing what?

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