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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. What did writer John Locke believe about Blacks?
(a) They were more violent than Whites.
(b) They had better physical health than Whites.
(c) They had less agile and developed minds than Whites.
(d) They were better musicians than whites.

2. What initiative did President Franklin D. Roosevelt implement in the 1930s?
(a) The End Deal.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) The Spring Deal.
(d) The Prosperity Deal.

3. Who was elected U.S. president in 1988?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Al Gore.
(d) George H.W. Bush.

4. When did Ronald Reagan win the U.S. presidency?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1992.

5. Who immigrated from Germany to America in 1886 because of anti-Jewish persecution in Chapter 15?
(a) Franz Boas.
(b) Marshall Michbein.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Nikola Tesla.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the term "super predator" created?

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

3. Who bought some of the first slaves to come to America from Africa?

4. Which California governor sought to persecute Angela Davis, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

5. Who was the first Black person to be elected to the U.S. presidency?

(see the answer key)

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