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

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

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

4. Who created the American Colonization Society?
(a) Henry Garfield.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Hank Williams.
(d) Henry James.

5. Which newspaper was thought to have influenced the Great Migration?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Mississippi Chronicle.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The Chicago Defender.

Short Answer Questions

1. Created by Congress in 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau was responsible for what?

2. From where did Amadou Diallo emigrate?

3. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?

4. In what year did the “Red Summer” occur?

5. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was President when the 13th Amendment was enacted? What were his views on Black Americans at that time?

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

6. How does Anderson define "white rage”?

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

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

9. What is Reconstruction?

10. What were the Black Codes?

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