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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the mayor of New York’s reaction to the murder of Amadou Diallo?
(a) He swiftly arrested the police officers involved.
(b) He immediately mandated implicit bias training for all officers.
(c) He enacted strict anti-racist policy.
(d) He touted the excellence of the NYPD.

2. Who created the American Colonization Society?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Hank Williams.
(c) Henry Garfield.
(d) Henry Clay.

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

4. According to Anderson, in the early twentieth century, the rape of Black women was considered a white man’s what?
(a) Rite of passage.
(b) Sin
(c) Legal right.
(d) Birth Right.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?

3. Which people joined together to create laws to stop the Great Migration?

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

5. After Diallo’s murder, what did Black Americans express concern over with regard to the New York Police Department?

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