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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "W. E. B. Du Bois," Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nation's first center dedicated to improving the nation's genetic stock?
(a) The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
(b) The Grady Cutler Laboratory.
(c) The Heinz-Anderson Laboratory.
(d) The New York University Laboratory.

2. When did Freddie Gray die while in police custody?
(a) June 15, 2014.
(b) March 26, 2013.
(c) April 12, 2015.
(d) March 15, 2011.

3. What was the principal Muslim trading depot that King John of Portugal set out to obtain?
(a) Manatowak.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Ceuta.
(d) Cordoba.

4. When did Jefferson Davis take the presidential oath of the new Confederate States of America?
(a) March, 1857.
(b) July, 1865.
(c) June, 1860.
(d) February, 1861.

5. What was Franz Boas's 1911 magnum opus?
(a) The Journey through Africa.
(b) The Mind of Primitive Man.
(c) The Archeology of Ancient Greece.
(d) Minds and Matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the nation's wealth is owned by African Americans?

2. When did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. Who or what killed the Germantown Petition Against Slavery?

4. Who wrote Our Brother in Black?

5. By what percentage did "Americans believe that racial discrimination had harmed the U.S. reputation abroad in 1963" (376)?

(see the answer key)

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