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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 is the period of American History following the Civil War?
(a) World War I.
(b) Redistribution.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Reallocation.

2. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?
(a) Not taking care of one’s children.
(b) Not having gainful employment.
(c) Not being clean.
(d) Not owning a home.

3. What act was passed in 1867 in response to the rise of the KKK?
(a) The Anti-Racism Act.
(b) The Enforcement Act.
(c) The Encroachment Act.
(d) The Implementation Act.

4. In 2014 race riots erupted after the police killing of whom?
(a) Rudy Giuliani.
(b) Bronwin Michaels.
(c) Amadou Diallo.
(d) Michael Brown.

5. Why did The Homestead Act not benefit Black Americans?
(a) They did not need homes.
(b) They were not considered citizens.
(c) The did not own homes.
(d) They were not interested in owning homes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

3. What is the name of the system by which white plantation owners would bail Black men out of jail and have them work off their debt?

4. Which people joined together to create laws to stop the Great Migration?

5. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which court decision upheld racially restrictive housing policies?

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

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

5. What was the Homestead Act and why did it not benefit African Americans?

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

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

8. What was the 13th Amendment and when was it enacted?

9. What was the Dred Scott Decision?

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

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