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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. Amite County Mississippi put forth $30.24 per white student and how much per Black student?
(a) $3.51.
(b) $10.35.
(c) $351.00.
(d) $35.10.

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) Teaching.
(b) Factory.
(c) Government.
(d) Hospitality.

3. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) The Civil Rights Era.
(b) Reconstructing Civil Rights.
(c) Rolling Back Civil Rights.
(d) Rolling Back Brown.

4. What national crisis did Reagan shift his focus on beginning in 1982?
(a) Housing.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Education.
(d) Financial.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard Conley said what agency had no intention of enforcing Brown?

2. According to Anderson, quality education can do what for people?

3. What word describes the claim made in the Deep South and Virginia stating they did not have to follow federal laws with which they disagreed?

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

5. The southern closure of school affected whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What events led to the Civil Rights Act?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. What was the Black Panther Party? When was it formed and what made it different from the previous methods of the civil rights movement?

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

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

9. What Russian event sparked Americans to reevaluate their education system? Who was President at this time and how did he react?

10. Describe the event that led to the Voting Rights Act.

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