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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 newspaper was thought to have influenced the Great Migration?

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

3. After Diallo’s murder, what did Black Americans express concern over with regard to the New York Police Department?

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

5. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the American Colonization Society. What was it? Who created it?

2. When did The Civil War Begin? What started it?

3. What was the Dred Scott Decision?

4. What was the Chicago Defender and what role did it have, or was it suspected to have, in the Great Migration?

5. What was the Great Migration? Why did it happen?

6. What were some of the ways Southern states attempted to punish Blacks for trying to move North around WWI?

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

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

9. Who was President when the 13th Amendment was enacted? What were his views on Black Americans at that time?

10. During the time of The Great Migration, a newspaper was the major source of information that could impact what one believed. What would you say is a major source of information today? Is this a reliable source? What are some better ways to find reliable news?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One goal of this book is to introduce the read to the history of African American discrimination in the United States. Did Anderson succeed in this goal? How might having this knowledge change the way people act toward one another?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Brown v. Board of Education case analyzed in Chapter 3. What was it? How would you feel if you were excluded from schools based on race? How would you describe the racial make-up of the schools you have attended? Did reading this book change the way you might view this?

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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