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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. Though Representative Elliot believed the U.S. had to work toward better education, he did not believe in what?

2. What was the name of the person whose refusal to give up his/her bus seat in the 1960s sparked the civil rights movement?

3. The Voting Rights Acts was a result of what 1965 event?

4. The NAACP was not allowed to resume operations in Alabama until what year?

5. In what year was Brown v. Board of Education passed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe The Perrow Plan.

2. Which ruling demanded that Brown must be obeyed? What did states do subsequently to avoid integrating?

3. When did Brown v. Board of Education pass? What did it declare? What prominent attorney backed this legislation and why?

4. Describe what happened in Tulia, Texas in 1999. Who was involved? Why was it controversial?

5. Describe how Anderson explains the Reagan administration's “drug crisis.” How did it begin and what unethical things were done?

6. What was the history of discriminatory practices in regards to African Americans and the vote prior to the Voting Rights Act?

7. Describe the event that led to the Voting Rights Act.

8. What was the Black Panther Party? When was it formed and what made it different from the previous methods of the civil rights movement?

9. What was the NAACP? What was it trying to do at the start of Chapter 3, according to Anderson?

10. How did communism become intertwined with school integration and Brown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Reagan administration’s war on drugs discussed in Chapter 4. How does Anderson portray the events? What examples from White Rage can you use to show Anderson’s opinion on the events?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 4, Anderson states that President Nixon tried to portray racism as more of an individual act than a systemic issue. Focusing on the chronology of White Rage, discuss how racism has changed over time and how Nixon’s portrayal created a shift in behaviors.

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