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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. Amite County Mississippi put forth $30.24 per white student and how much per Black student?
2. Once these types of jobs began to disappear in the United States, it became much more difficult for those without an education to make a living wage?
3. In 1963, how many Black children attended public schools with white children in SC, AL, and MI?
4. The southern closure of school affected whom?
5. As the nation began to lag behind because of lack of education, who did some Southerners placed blame?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did communism become intertwined with school integration and Brown?
2. After Brown, how did some Southern states attempt to weaken the NAACP’s impact?
3. Which ruling demanded that Brown must be obeyed? What did states do subsequently to avoid integrating?
4. Describe The Perrow Plan.
5. Describe how Anderson explains the Reagan administration's “drug crisis.” How did it begin and what unethical things were done?
6. In what ways did those who disagreed with Brown try to crush it?
7. Describe the event that led to the Voting Rights Act.
8. When did Brown v. Board of Education pass? What did it declare? What prominent attorney backed this legislation and why?
9. Describe the ways in which the Reagan administration continued to roll back civil rights, according to Anderson. What examples does Anderson use in regards to education?
10. What was the Black Panther Party? When was it formed and what made it different from the previous methods of the civil rights movement?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 5, Anderson discusses how the media helped perpetuate stereotypes of Black Americans. Consider and discuss the role the media played in the Tulia, Texas drug raid. Use direct examples from White Rage.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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