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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine, when discussing to the lack of education available for Black Americans, referred to them as our countries most wasted resource?
(a) Atlantic.
(b) USA Today.
(c) National Review.
(d) Time.

2. During the Civil Rights Era, Black Americans began to see what?
(a) Expanded job opportunities and better education.
(b) Expanded job opportunities, but not better education.
(c) Better education, but limited job opportunities.
(d) Limited job opportunities and poor quality education.

3. What three things did the Radical Republicans seek for Blacks?
(a) Land, clothing, and the right to vote.
(b) Land, citizenship, and the right to vote.
(c) Land, citizenship, and automobiles.
(d) Land, employment, and the right to vote.

4. The southern closure of school affected whom?
(a) Blacks students only.
(b) Had no effect on students.
(c) Black and white Students.
(d) White students only.

5. What newspaper is not one of the three referenced in regards to America’s view on Sputnik?
(a) The New Republic.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Washington Post.
(d) Standard Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

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

3. Once these types of jobs began to disappear in the United States, it became much more difficult for those without an education to make a living wage?

4. Why were sentences for crack and cocaine thought to racially discriminate?

5. According to Anderson, quality education can do what for people?

(see the answer key)

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