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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which war gave Blacks the opportunity to leave the South to find work in the North?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War III.
(d) World War II.

2. Which people joined together to create laws to stop the Great Migration?
(a) Government officials, legislators and police officers.
(b) Government Officials, legislators, and plantation owners.
(c) Legislators, laborers, journalists.
(d) Plantation Owners, legislators, the media.

3. In Virginia, what percent of Blacks attended desegregated schools?
(a) 1.63.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.2.
(d) 99.9.

4. What year were the Black Codes passed?
(a) 2010.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1776.

5. By 1920, there had been approximately how many lynchings per decade?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 20.
(c) 100.
(d) 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beginning in 1956, Southern states passed a series of law banning what organizing from operating within its borders?

2. Why did The Homestead Act not benefit Black Americans?

3. What did James Madison call America’s “original sin”?

4. In 1963, how many Black children attended public schools with white children in SC, AL, and MI?

5. What was the mayor of New York’s reaction to the murder of Amadou Diallo?

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