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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 41.
(d) 29.

2. As more Blacks moved north, what happened as a result of the increased housing demand?
(a) Rents increased.
(b) People moved back South.
(c) Blacks moved to Europe.
(d) Rents decreased.

3. Who is the author of the book White Rage?
(a) Ida B. Wells.
(b) Carol Ferguson.
(c) Carol Anderson.
(d) Mary Sweet.

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

5. What year did the Civil War begin?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1746.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year were the Black Codes passed?

2. What does Anderson claim is the trigger for white rage?

3. According to Anderson, in the early twentieth century, the rape of Black women was considered a white man’s what?

4. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

5. In what year did the “Red Summer” occur?

(see the answer key)

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