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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did many whites assume outsider agitators were involved in influencing the Great Migration?
(a) They believed Blacks were going to get lost.
(b) They believed Blacks were wealthy.
(c) They believed Blacks were satisfied with their lives.
(d) They believed Blacks were well educated.

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

3. What is the period of American History following the Civil War?
(a) World War I.
(b) Redistribution.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Reallocation.

4. Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

5. Under which law did the Supreme Court uphold “racially restrictive housing policies”(56)?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) Sweet v. Department of Housing.
(c) Parmalee v. Morris.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year were the Black Codes passed?

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

3. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

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

5. What year did the Civil War begin?

(see the answer key)

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