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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the “Red Summer” occur?

2. What is the Great Migration?

3. In which newspaper was the author’s initial piece about “white rage” published?

4. What was not one of the things that Blacks be arrested for under the Black Codes?

5. What was the mayor of New York’s reaction to the murder of Amadou Diallo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau? When and why was it created?

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

3. What was the Dred Scott Decision?

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

5. How does Anderson define "white rage”?

6. What is Reconstruction?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anderson states, “Black achievement, black aspirations, and black success are construed as direct threats." What does she mean by this? What examples from White Rage bolster this statement?

Essay Topic 2

After reading White Rage, write an essay on how you would define “white rage.” According to Anderson, how do those with “white rage” view people of color and their role in America?

Essay Topic 3

When reading the title of the book White Rage what did you think the book was going to be about? What was your feeling about reading such a text?

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