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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What problem did Malcolm X. have with the Civil Rights Bill?
(a) He thought it was too radical.
(b) He thought there was a Trojan Horse in it somewhere.
(c) He thought it would not be enforced.
(d) He thought it did not go far enough.

3. Who raided the U.S. Armory in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859?
(a) Edward Henry.
(b) John Brown.
(c) John Madison.
(d) Jack Johnson.

4. In which year did President Woodrow Wilson win the U.S. presidency?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1928.

5. Which Supreme Court case ruled that courts could not enforce Whites-only real estate contracts to keep out migrants and stop housing desegregation?
(a) Row v. Wade.
(b) Brown v. Board of Education.
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(d) Shelley v. Kramer.

6. Which jail did Martin Luther King Jr. write a letter from in the early 1960s?
(a) Markin's Jail.
(b) Pickett's Jail.
(c) Fulsom Jail.
(d) Birmingham Jail.

7. Who was the most famous Black man in America in 1908?
(a) Mohammed Ali.
(b) Benny Harp.
(c) Jack Johnson.
(d) Joe Louis.

8. Where did violence start to occur immediately after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, according to Reynolds and Kendi in Chapter 22?
(a) The north side of Houston.
(b) The South Side of East Bend.
(c) The Greenfield neighborhood of Chicago.
(d) The Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

9. Which president urged Congress to implement a civil rights act in 1948?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) George H.W. Bush.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

10. What is Tarzan's original name in the novel?
(a) David Banner.
(b) Steve Rogers.
(c) Tony Stark.
(d) John Clayton.

11. What was the title of James Baldwin's 1962 activist manifesto?
(a) Nights of Fire.
(b) Smoke Before Fire.
(c) The Fire Next Time.
(d) The Leftover Fire.

12. Which Pennsylvania congressman fought for redistribution of land to award to former slaves after the Civil War?
(a) John Harrison.
(b) James Riker.
(c) Thaddeus Stevens.
(d) Nicolai Harski.

13. Where was Marcus Garvey originally from before coming to the U.S.?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Senegal.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Brazil.

14. When did Stokely Carmichael first come to the United States?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1960.

15. What terrible event resulted in the deaths of four Black children in Birmingham in 1963?
(a) A rally with guns held by White supremacists.
(b) A car crash caused by White supremacists.
(c) The bombing of a church by White supremacists.
(d) A burning of a Black apartment building by White supremacists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What initiative did President Franklin D. Roosevelt implement in the 1930s?

2. Where was Stokely Carmichael born?

3. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is interesting about the Brown v. Board of Education case that is rarely discussed?

4. Which of the following was one of Abraham Lincoln's monikers?

5. Who played the title character in the movie Rocky?

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