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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What year were the Black Codes passed?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1965.
(d) 2010.

5. What is the Great Migration?
(a) Exodus of Blacks to the South.
(b) Exodus of Blacks to the North.
(c) Exodus of Whites to Africa.
(d) Exodus of Blacks to Africa.

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

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

8. What year did the Civil War begin?
(a) 1746.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1965.

9. From where did Amadou Diallo emigrate?
(a) South Africa.
(b) South America.
(c) West Africa.
(d) North Africa.

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

11. What was the mayor of New York’s reaction to the murder of Amadou Diallo?
(a) He touted the excellence of the NYPD.
(b) He immediately mandated implicit bias training for all officers.
(c) He enacted strict anti-racist policy.
(d) He swiftly arrested the police officers involved.

12. Which Amendment Abolished Slavery?
(a) The 19th.
(b) The 12th.
(c) The 16th.
(d) The 13th.

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

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

15. Which President passed the Amendment Abolishing Slavery?
(a) Obama.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. As more Blacks moved north, what happened as a result of the increased housing demand?

2. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

3. What is the title of the Prologue?

4. Where did the “Red Summer” occur?

5. Why did many whites assume outsider agitators were involved in influencing the Great Migration?

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