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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. In what case in 1985 did the Court rule that racially biased strikes violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?
(a) Rucker v. Davis.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) Batson v. Kentucky.
(d) McClesky v. Kemp.
2. Approximately what percentage of people sentenced to prison in Illinois for a drug offense are African American, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 70%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 60%.
3. The author uses a metaphor in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" to describe the circumstances of white Americans who are harmed by the War on Drugs. To whom are these white Americans compared?
(a) Vietnamese civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
(b) Afghani civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
(c) Korean civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
(d) Iraqi civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
4. When was Christopher Lee Armstrong's motel room raided, leading to his arrest for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine?
(a) April, 1992.
(b) September, 1991.
(c) May, 1989.
(d) June, 2000.
5. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) Feudalism.
(b) White slavery.
(c) Indentured servitude.
(d) Native American slavery.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
2. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?
3. In Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" the author describes a speech that Barack Obama gave during his presidential campaign. Where was the speech given?
4. When did the article "Where Have the Black Men Gone" appear in Ebony magazine?
5. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
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