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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the area of Detroit to which Blacks moved during the Great Migration?
(a) Black mountain.
(b) Black Bottom.
(c) Black Village.
(d) Black Valley.

3. What was not one of the things that Blacks be arrested for under the Black Codes?
(a) Hunting and fishing.
(b) Gainful employment.
(c) Lack of employment.
(d) Vagrancy.

4. What is the name of the system by which white plantation owners would bail Black men out of jail and have them work off their debt?
(a) Peonies.
(b) Bartering.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Peonage.

5. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Police Officer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What percent of African Americans were in the Union army?

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

4. Under which law did the Supreme Court uphold “racially restrictive housing policies”(56)?

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

(see the answer key)

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