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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. Where was Christopher Lee Armstrong when his motel was raided for drugs?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Houston.
2. When was the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act passed?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1989.
3. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?
(a) William Berkeley.
(b) John Edgar Wideman.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.
4. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1994.
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) Native American slavery.
(b) White slavery.
(c) Indentured servitude.
(d) Feudalism.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author notes in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that two-thirds of people detained in jails report annual incomes under what amount prior to their arrests?
2. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
3. When was Batson v. Kentucky decided?
4. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?
5. Where did Warren McCleskey commit the crime he was accused of?
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