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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was the KKK founded?
(a) 1665.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1765.
(d) 1865.

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

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

4. When did race riots occur in the North?
(a) Between 1917-1920.
(b) Between 1860-1863.
(c) Between 1940-1945.
(d) Between 1770-1771.

5. What did James Madison call America’s “original sin”?
(a) World War I.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Chattel slavery.
(d) Jim Crow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which newspaper was thought to have influenced the Great Migration?

3. Which Amendment Abolished Slavery?

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

5. From where did Amadou Diallo emigrate?

(see the answer key)

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