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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1925.

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

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

4. Which Supreme Court decision stated that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States?
(a) The Ossian Sweet Decision.
(b) The Simon Johnson Decision.
(c) The Dred Scott Decision.
(d) The Frederick Douglass Decision.

5. What does Anderson claim is the trigger for white rage?
(a) Black advancement.
(b) Black rage.
(c) Black homeowners.
(d) Black men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2014 race riots erupted after the police killing of whom?

2. To what country did the American Colonization Society move thousands of newly freed people?

3. Which President passed the Amendment Abolishing Slavery?

4. Why did The Homestead Act not benefit Black Americans?

5. In which newspaper was the author’s initial piece about “white rage” published?

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