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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As more Blacks moved north, what happened as a result of the increased housing demand?
(a) Blacks moved to Europe.
(b) Rents decreased.
(c) People moved back South.
(d) Rents increased.

2. Who is the man who killed Hampton Smith for his brutal behavior?
(a) John Sidney.
(b) Sid Smith.
(c) Sidney Jones.
(d) Sidney Johnson.

3. In what year did the “Red Summer” occur?
(a) 2019.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1925.

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

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

6. What were the Black Codes?
(a) Laws restricting Blacks from holding public office.
(b) Dress codes at all black schools.
(c) A secret language developed by the Black community.
(d) A series of laws targeting and only applicable to Black Americans.

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

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

9. To what country did the American Colonization Society move thousands of newly freed people?
(a) Liberia.
(b) Lusitania.
(c) Libya.
(d) Louisiana.

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

11. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?
(a) Police Officer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Lawyer.

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

13. What oath, devised by Congress in 1862, did Andrew Johnson ignore in order to pardon Confederates?
(a) Iron Clad Test Oath.
(b) Hippocratic Oath.
(c) Oath of Allegiance.
(d) Oath of office.

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

15. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?
(a) 4.
(b) 41.
(c) 29.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the mayor of New York’s reaction to the murder of Amadou Diallo?

2. What year did Dr. Sweet move into a white neighborhood?

3. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?

4. Under which law did the Supreme Court uphold “racially restrictive housing policies”(56)?

5. What percent of African Americans were in the Union army?

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