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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?

4. What is the Great Migration?

5. Which states’ determination to uphold American slavery led to the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anderson define "white rage”?

2. During the time of The Great Migration, a newspaper was the major source of information that could impact what one believed. What would you say is a major source of information today? Is this a reliable source? What are some better ways to find reliable news?

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

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

5. What were some of the ways Southern states attempted to punish Blacks for trying to move North around WWI?

6. Describe the peonage system.

7. Describe the American Colonization Society. What was it? Who created it?

8. Who is the author of White Rage? What is her background? What led her to write this book?

9. What is the book’s genre? What does that mean?

10. Who was Ossian Sweet? What happened on September 9, 1925? Where did Ossian Sweet live his final years?

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