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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. According to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," white youth have about how many times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as their African American counterparts?
(a) Five times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Two times.

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) 60%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 70%.

3. What amount of money can Ohio charge probationers as a supervision fee as a condition of probation, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) $50 per month.
(b) $100 per month.
(c) $25 per month.
(d) $150 per month.

4. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
(a) 1723.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1720.
(d) 1692.

5. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) January 1, 1863.
(b) January 1, 1864.
(c) January 1, 1865.
(d) January 1, 1866.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned for owing a fine, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

3. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?

4. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

5. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

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