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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Black Codes?
(a) Dress codes at all black schools.
(b) Laws restricting Blacks from holding public office.
(c) A secret language developed by the Black community.
(d) A series of laws targeting and only applicable to Black Americans.

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

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

4. Where did the 2014 police murder take place?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) New York City.
(d) Ferguson, Missouri.

5. What is the title of the Prologue?
(a) Awakening.
(b) Incitement.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Kindling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?

2. In addition to seeking work during the Great Migration, what did Blacks hope to find up North?

3. What year was the KKK founded?

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

5. From where did Amadou Diallo emigrate?

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