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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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, clothing, and the right to vote.
(d) Land, citizenship, and automobiles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who created the American Colonization Society?

3. What is the name of the area of Detroit to which Blacks moved during the Great Migration?

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

5. In 2014 race riots erupted after the police killing of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Chicago Defender and what role did it have, or was it suspected to have, in the Great Migration?

2. Where was Michael Brown murdered, and how did the country react? Can you think of any recent similar situations?

3. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau? When and why was it created?

4. What is Reconstruction?

5. Why were some Southern whites surprised the Great Migration took place?

6. Who was President after Lincoln’s assasination? In what ways did he attempt to return to slavery?

7. What were the Black Codes?

8. When did The Civil War Begin? What started it?

9. What was the Great Migration? Why did it happen?

10. How did the increased housing demand during the Great Migration affect rents?

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