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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. After Diallo’s murder, what did Black Americans express concern over with regard to the New York Police Department?
(a) Racial profiling.
(b) Community policing.
(c) Lack of force.
(d) Low wages.
2. Which states’ determination to uphold American slavery led to the Civil War?
(a) Southern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Western.
3. When did race riots occur in the North?
(a) Between 1940-1945.
(b) Between 1860-1863.
(c) Between 1917-1920.
(d) Between 1770-1771.
4. In what year did the “Red Summer” occur?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1919.
(d) 2019.
5. Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Andrew Johnson.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the mayor of New York in 1999?
2. Who was arrested after the confrontation at Dr. Sweet’s house?
3. What event prompted Anderson to write this book?
4. Under which law did the Supreme Court uphold “racially restrictive housing policies”(56)?
5. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the increased housing demand during the Great Migration affect rents?
2. What was the 13th Amendment and when was it enacted?
3. What was the Homestead Act and why did it not benefit African Americans?
4. Who is the author of White Rage? What is her background? What led her to write this book?
5. How does Anderson define "white rage”?
6. Who was Mayor of NYC when Amadou Diallo was shot by police? How did he react to it?
7. Which court decision upheld racially restrictive housing policies?
8. What is Reconstruction?
9. Why were some Southern whites surprised the Great Migration took place?
10. What was the Chicago Defender and what role did it have, or was it suspected to have, in the Great Migration?
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