2. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?
(a) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) William Berkeley.
(d) Loic Wacquant.

3. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?
(a) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

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

5. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?
(a) One's history."
(b) "One's character."
(c) "One's race."
(d) "One's income."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

2. When was Schneckloth v. Bustamonte decided?

3. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

4. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?

5. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

(see the answer key)

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