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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Anderson, in the early twentieth century, the rape of Black women was considered a white man’s what?
(a) Sin
(b) Rite of passage.
(c) Legal right.
(d) Birth Right.

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

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

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

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

9. 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?
(a) Peonage.
(b) Peonies.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Bartering.

10. In which newspaper was the author’s initial piece about “white rage” published?
(a) Washington Post.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Chicago Defender.
(d) Milwaukee Tribune.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

2. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?

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

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

5. By 1920, there had been approximately how many lynchings per decade?

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