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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 drug became prevalent in African American communities as a result of Reagan’s drug trafficking ring?
(a) Crack.
(b) Methamphetamine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Marijuana.

2. What “top secret” report “detailed America’s descent into a second-class power”?
(a) The Johnson Report.
(b) The Gaither Report.
(c) The Garland Report.
(d) The Eisenhower Report.

3. What does HUAC stand for?
(a) House of United Academic Commission.
(b) House of Unilateral Academic Correspondences.
(c) House Un-American Activities Commission.
(d) House Un-American Academy of Colleges.

4. What is the name of the satellite the Soviets launched in 1957?
(a) USSRocket.
(b) Kremlin Kreation.
(c) Sputnik.
(d) Moscow Missile.

5. During the time of the Civil Rights Act, the President tried to redefine racism as an individual what?
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Inclination.
(c) Aberration.
(d) Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the launching of Sputnik, many pointed to America’s failed what?

2. Nixon’s appointments to what worked to roll back civil rights successes?

3. Who was Deputy Director of the National Security Council under Reagan?

4. Which Alabama Governor received a congratulatory telegram after blocking a Black student’s acceptance to a Tuscaloosa University?

5. What organizing founded in 1966 believed in self-defense rather than non-violence?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Anderson say the new drug laws under Reagan disproportionately impact African Americans?

2. What was the NAACP? What was it trying to do at the start of Chapter 3, according to Anderson?

3. What was the National Defense of Education Act? Why was it written? Name a key player involved in its implementation. Did this person believe in equal education for all?

4. When did Brown v. Board of Education pass? What did it declare? What prominent attorney backed this legislation and why?

5. Describe what happened in Tulia, Texas in 1999. Who was involved? Why was it controversial?

6. How did Nixon and others during his presidency try to redefine racism?

7. In what ways did those who disagreed with Brown try to crush it?

8. What events led to the Civil Rights Act?

9. What was the history of discriminatory practices in regards to African Americans and the vote prior to the Voting Rights Act?

10. Describe The Perrow Plan.

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