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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. Due to the resistance in both the North and South to integrating schools, Congress had to pass what law?
(a) The Southern Manifesto.
(b) Brown v. Board II.
(c) The Homestead Act.
(d) The Southern School Integration Act.

2. Once these types of jobs began to disappear in the United States, it became much more difficult for those without an education to make a living wage?
(a) Government.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Hospitality.
(d) Factory.

3. What was one of the events that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) The killing of Amadou Diallo.
(b) The killing of Michael Brown.
(c) The murder of George Floyd.
(d) The murder of two young girls in Birmingham, AL.

4. Which President continued Nixon’s work of rolling back civil rights?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Abe Lincoln.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. What powerful force did Blacks use to expose to the world how they have been treated?
(a) The Internet.
(b) The media.
(c) Social Media.
(d) Email campaigns.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1949, what governor proposed an amendment that would send money to private white schools and get rid of public schools?

2. During the Civil Rights Era, Black Americans began to see what?

3. Which Arkansas Congressman believed that school desegregation cases were based on the work of communists?

4. What drug became prevalent in African American communities as a result of Reagan’s drug trafficking ring?

5. A March 1973 court decision ruled that “there is no fundamental right” to what in the Constitution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events led to the Civil Rights Act?

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

3. What was the civil rights movement?

4. 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?

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

6. What was the Southern Manifesto, also called the Declaration of Constitutional Principles? How many members of Congress signed it and what was its effect on Brown?

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

8. After Brown, how did some Southern states attempt to weaken the NAACP’s impact?

9. Describe the ways in which the Reagan administration continued to roll back civil rights, according to Anderson. What examples does Anderson use in regards to education?

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

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