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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Diallo’s murder, what did Black Americans express concern over with regard to the New York Police Department?
(a) Community policing.
(b) Racial profiling.
(c) Low wages.
(d) Lack of force.

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

3. What does Anderson claim is the trigger for white rage?
(a) Black advancement.
(b) Black homeowners.
(c) Black rage.
(d) Black men.

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

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

6. Under which law did the Supreme Court uphold “racially restrictive housing policies”(56)?
(a) Parmalee v. Morris.
(b) Sweet v. Department of Housing.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

7. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?
(a) James Garfield.
(b) James Jefferson.
(c) James Johnson.
(d) James Jameson.

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

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

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

11. Why did many whites assume outsider agitators were involved in influencing the Great Migration?
(a) They believed Blacks were wealthy.
(b) They believed Blacks were well educated.
(c) They believed Blacks were going to get lost.
(d) They believed Blacks were satisfied with their lives.

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

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

14. Which Supreme Court decision stated that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States?
(a) The Ossian Sweet Decision.
(b) The Simon Johnson Decision.
(c) The Dred Scott Decision.
(d) The Frederick Douglass Decision.

15. When did race riots occur in the North?
(a) Between 1917-1920.
(b) Between 1940-1945.
(c) Between 1770-1771.
(d) Between 1860-1863.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?

2. What was not one of the things that Blacks be arrested for under the Black Codes?

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

4. From where did Amadou Diallo emigrate?

5. Which people joined together to create laws to stop the Great Migration?

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