View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue & Chapter 1 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year were the Black Codes passed?
(a) 2010.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1776.

2. What percent of African Americans were in the Union army?
(a) 10.
(b) 80.
(c) 65.
(d) 23.

3. Who was the mayor of New York in 1999?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) Ossian Sweet.
(c) Rudy Giuliani.
(d) WEB Dubois.

4. Which Amendment Abolished Slavery?
(a) The 13th.
(b) The 12th.
(c) The 16th.
(d) The 19th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the book White Rage?

2. What were the Black Codes?

3. What oath, devised by Congress in 1862, did Andrew Johnson ignore in order to pardon Confederates?

4. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?

5. What did James Madison call America’s “original sin”?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 170 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample