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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. What is the name of the system by which white plantation owners would bail Black men out of jail and have them work off their debt?

2. What were the Black Codes?

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

4. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

5. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the peonage system.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the Dred Scott Decision?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anderson discusses several moments in our history when the issue of federal versus state power was at hand. This is particularly relevant in Chapter 3: Burning Brown to the Ground. What are your thoughts on this? How has this separation of power affected African American’s equality?

Essay Topic 2

What is Anderson’s underlying thesis? How does she support her argument?

Essay Topic 3

What was your knowledge of Black History prior to reading this book? What new knowledge did you gain after reading?

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