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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Peonies.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Peonage.
(d) Bartering.

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

3. Where did Dr. Sweet move to after the trial?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Black Bottom.
(d) Mississippi.

4. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1967.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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 year did Dr. Sweet move into a white neighborhood?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1919.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year were the Black Codes passed?

3. Who created the American Colonization Society?

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

5. Who is the man who killed Hampton Smith for his brutal behavior?

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