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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
(a) "Where do we go next?"
(b) "Why are we here?"
(c) "How do we face and address the past?"
(d) "How did we get here?"

2. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?
(a) June 13, 2000.
(b) May 16, 2003.
(c) April 12, 1995.
(d) September 16, 2006.

3. When was the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act passed?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1986.

4. When was Operation Pipeline launched?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1982.

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

6. By the end of 2007, how many Americans were behind bars, on probation, or on parole, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) About 3 million.
(b) Over 8 million.
(c) Over 7 million.
(d) About 5 million.

7. 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?
(a) The Amerian Negro's Fund.
(b) The Freedman's Bureau.
(c) The NAACP.
(d) NAFTA.

8. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?
(a) Over 1.2 million.
(b) Over 1.6 million.
(c) Over 1.8 million.
(d) About 3 million.

9. 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"?
(a) "Indians."
(b) "Blacks."
(c) "Natives."
(d) "Savages."

10. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?
(a) The 2nd Amendment.
(b) The 4th Amendment.
(c) The 16th Amendment.
(d) The 3rd Amendment.

11. 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) About 20 million.
(b) Over 31 million.
(c) About 10 million.
(d) Over 35 million.

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

13. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of quaaludes.
(b) A pound of cocaine.
(c) A pound of marijuana.
(d) A pound of heroin.

14. The author asserts in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown" that drug offenses alone account for what fraction of the rise in the federal inmate population between 1985 and 2000?
(a) One-half.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) Three-fourths.
(d) One-third.

15. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1870.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Civil War begin?

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. When was the ruling for Terry v. Ohio decided?

4. In 2005, how many drug arrests were for possession?

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

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