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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.S. senator told his colleagues in 1903, "The poor African has become a fiend, a wild beast, seeking whom he may devour" (87)?
(a) Chester Pierce.
(b) Robert Park.
(c) Isaac La Peyrere.
(d) Benjamin Tillman.

2. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?
(a) October 16, 1995.
(b) September 5, 2018.
(c) June 3, 1997.
(d) July 30, 1992.

3. Approximately what percentage of the U.S. population does the author assert Black people comprise?
(a) 22%
(b) 13%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 5%.

4. Where did the author enroll in high school in the ninth grade?
(a) Robert Kennedy High School.
(b) George Roberts High School.
(c) John Browne High School.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.

5. Wisconsin's strict voter-ID law suppressed approximately how many votes in the 2016 election?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, what percentage of Latinx families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?

2. Where did the author's father attend college?

3. Who wrote An American Dilemma?

4. Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk in 1903?

5. Who signed the Immigration Act of 1924 into law?

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