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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1970, what act was renewed for another five years?
(a) The Civil Rights Act.
(b) The Equality Opportunity Act.
(c) The Voting Rights Act.
(d) The Freedom Act.

2. Amite County Mississippi put forth $30.24 per white student and how much per Black student?
(a) $10.35.
(b) $3.51.
(c) $35.10.
(d) $351.00.

3. Which two Supreme Court Justices during both the Nixon and Reagan administration supported legislation that would roll back civil rights?
(a) Burger and Reagan.
(b) Rehnquist and McDonald.
(c) Burger and Rehnquist.
(d) Ginsburg and Alito.

4. In addition to student aid cuts, Reagan reduced what school program by $1.46 billion?
(a) Physical Education.
(b) Art.
(c) Music.
(d) Nutrition.

5. Senator Garland Gray’s Plan would require Virginia to spend how much money for every 1% of private school students?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 2,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

2. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

3. What year did the Civil War begin?

4. What is the name of the system by which white plantation owners would bail Black men out of jail and have them work off their debt?

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

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