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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the author describe the drunk driving accident in Kentucky that left 27 people dead in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1980.

2. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1895.

3. For what crime(s) did Warren McCleskey face the death penalty?
(a) Killing a police officer.
(b) Serial murder.
(c) Kidnapping and extortion.
(d) Murder and armed robbery.

4. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1970.

5. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) January 1, 1864.
(b) January 1, 1866.
(c) January 1, 1863.
(d) January 1, 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

2. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

3. When was Christopher Lee Armstrong's motel room raided, leading to his arrest for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine?

4. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?

5. The author cites Marilyn Frye as having made a metaphor for the systemic racism toward African Americans. What metaphor is used?

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