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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
(a) The 16th Amendment.
(b) The 15th Amendment.
(c) The 12th Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

2. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?
(a) Province of New Jersey.
(b) Jamestown, Virginia.
(c) Roanoke, Virginia.
(d) Bermuda.

3. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) January 1, 1866.
(b) September 16, 1862.
(c) April 12, 1861.
(d) March 1, 1863.

4. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1955.

5. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 116.
(b) 93.
(c) 215.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

2. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

3. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?

4. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?

5. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

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