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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 24 - Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which influential Native American war leader was killed in 1676?
(a) Metacomet.
(b) Chief Cross Guns.
(c) Standing Bull.
(d) Chief Longhorn.

2. Who was brutally beaten by Los Angeles police during a traffic stop in 1991?
(a) Robert Karl.
(b) Rodney King.
(c) James Joyner.
(d) Mitchell Render.

3. Where was W.E.B. Du Bois raised?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Virginia.

4. Which state was Senator John C. Calhoun from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Alabama.

5. What did a New York Times editorial say about Malcolm X. in the wake of his death?
(a) That he would be remembered as a student of non-violence.
(b) That he had relied too much on charisma.
(c) That his life was strangely and pitifully wasted.
(d) That he should never have converted to Judaism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former Governor of Alabama ran for office in the 1960s on a platform of overt support for segregation?

2. What do Reynolds and Kendi call one of the most devastating executive orders of the twentieth century?

3. Which Supreme Court case ruled that courts could not enforce Whites-only real estate contracts to keep out migrants and stop housing desegregation?

4. When did the Civil War end?

5. Which Spanish ship carrying slaves was hijacked in 1619?

(see the answer key)

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