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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 Great Migration?

2. What oath, devised by Congress in 1862, did Andrew Johnson ignore in order to pardon Confederates?

3. Who created the American Colonization Society?

4. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?

5. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anderson define "white rage”?

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

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

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

5. What is Reconstruction?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book White Rage, Anderson discusses how laws are created, changed, or manipulated to benefit those with the most power. Discuss some of these instances from White Rage. How do these situations affect your knowledge of and feelings regarding the way our government works?

Essay Topic 3

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

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