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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was not one of the things that Blacks be arrested for under the Black Codes?
(a) Vagrancy.
(b) Gainful employment.
(c) Lack of employment.
(d) Hunting and fishing.

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

3. What is the title of the Prologue?
(a) Incitement.
(b) Awakening.
(c) Kindling.
(d) Firewood.

4. Who was the mayor of New York in 1999?
(a) WEB Dubois.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Ossian Sweet.
(d) Rudy Giuliani.

5. In 1918, The Federal Government issued what order for Blacks?
(a) Move or fight.
(b) Teach or fight.
(c) Work or fight.
(d) Get married or fight.

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

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

8. What act was passed in 1867 in response to the rise of the KKK?
(a) The Enforcement Act.
(b) The Encroachment Act.
(c) The Implementation Act.
(d) The Anti-Racism Act.

9. What year was the KKK founded?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1765.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1665.

10. In addition to seeking work during the Great Migration, what did Blacks hope to find up North?
(a) Better schools.
(b) Better restaurants.
(c) Better lawyers.
(d) Better hospitals.

11. Which war gave Blacks the opportunity to leave the South to find work in the North?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War III.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

12. What event prompted Anderson to write this book?
(a) The murder or Amadou Diallo.
(b) Trump’s presidential victory.
(c) The 13th Amendment.
(d) The murder of George Floyd.

13. What is the name of the area of Detroit to which Blacks moved during the Great Migration?
(a) Black Valley.
(b) Black Village.
(c) Black mountain.
(d) Black Bottom.

14. Who was arrested after the confrontation at Dr. Sweet’s house?
(a) Dr. Sweet, his wife and friends.
(b) Police officers who didn’t help.
(c) Dr. Sweet’s child.
(d) Those who threw things at his home.

15. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?
(a) Not taking care of one’s children.
(b) Not being clean.
(c) Not owning a home.
(d) Not having gainful employment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anderson claim is the trigger for white rage?

2. Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?

3. After Diallo’s murder, what did Mayor Giuliani say the community’s real issue was?

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. When did race riots occur in the North?

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