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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "The Lockdown".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?
(a) 5%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 20%.

3. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 13th Amendment.
(b) The 14th Amendment.
(c) The 15th Amendment.
(d) The 12th Amendment.

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

5. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Over 31 million.
(b) About 10 million.
(c) About 20 million.
(d) Over 35 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

2. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

3. What Supreme Court Justice said of the Florida v. Bostick case that "the basis of the decision to single out particular passengers during a suspicionless sweep is less likely to be inarticulate than unspeakable"?

4. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?

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

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