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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. Which President passed the Amendment Abolishing Slavery?

2. What year did Dr. Sweet move into a white neighborhood?

3. Who created the American Colonization Society?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Mayor of NYC when Amadou Diallo was shot by police? How did he react to it?

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

4. What is Reconstruction?

5. Where was Michael Brown murdered, and how did the country react? Can you think of any recent similar situations?

6. What was the Dred Scott Decision?

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

8. Who was President after Lincoln’s assasination? In what ways did he attempt to return to slavery?

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

10. Why were Southern states determined to hold onto slavery? How did they benefit from slavery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 5, how does Anderson view Trump’s Victory? Use examples from White Rage to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Anderson describes many instances of racial discrimination against Blacks throughout history. Describe a moment in which you were a target of or witness to racial discrimination. How did you react? What would you have done differently? Did reading this book help reimagine how you could have reacted?

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