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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1925.

2. In 2014 race riots erupted after the police killing of whom?
(a) Amadou Diallo.
(b) Bronwin Michaels.
(c) Rudy Giuliani.
(d) Michael Brown.

3. Why were sentences for crack and cocaine thought to racially discriminate?
(a) Possession of either drugs got the same amount of time.
(b) Cocaine was considered legal.
(c) Cocaine possession got more time than crack.
(d) Crack possession got more time than cocaine.

4. What national crisis did Reagan shift his focus on beginning in 1982?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Financial.
(c) Housing.
(d) Education.

5. What was one of the events that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) The killing of Amadou Diallo.
(b) The murder of George Floyd.
(c) The killing of Michael Brown.
(d) The murder of two young girls in Birmingham, AL.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nixon’s appointments to what worked to roll back civil rights successes?

2. What did James Madison call America’s “original sin”?

3. What is the period of American History following the Civil War?

4. Who is the author of the book White Rage?

5. The southern closure of school affected whom?

(see the answer key)

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