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

2. What is the Great Migration?
(a) Exodus of Blacks to the North.
(b) Exodus of Blacks to Africa.
(c) Exodus of Blacks to the South.
(d) Exodus of Whites to Africa.

3. By 1920, there had been approximately how many lynchings per decade?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 20.
(d) 100.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?

3. What year did the Civil War begin?

4. What oath, devised by Congress in 1862, did Andrew Johnson ignore in order to pardon Confederates?

5. When did race riots occur in the North?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the “Red Summer”? When and where did it take place?

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

4. What is Reconstruction?

5. Describe the peonage system.

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

7. 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?

8. Who was Mayor of NYC when Amadou Diallo was shot by police? How did he react to it?

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

10. In which part of Detroit did most Black people live after the Great Migration? Describe the conditions there.

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