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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rather than being overtly racist, Richard Nixon and George Wallace began to use what?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) Racially coded language.
(c) A foreign language.
(d) Racially charged language.

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

3. Which states’ determination to uphold American slavery led to the Civil War?
(a) Northern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Western.
(d) Eastern.

4. Where did Dr. Sweet move to after the trial?
(a) Black Bottom.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New York City.
(d) Mississippi.

5. Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1918, The Federal Government issued what order for Blacks?

2. Which civil rights leader spoke of his “Dream” in front of 250,000 people on the National Mall?

3. 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?

4. Which Supreme Court decision stated that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States?

5. How many African Americans were on the jury after the 1999 Texas drug raid?

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