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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Great Migration?
(a) Exodus of Blacks to the South.
(b) Exodus of Blacks to Africa.
(c) Exodus of Whites to Africa.
(d) Exodus of Blacks to the North.

2. What did James Madison call America’s “original sin”?
(a) Segregation.
(b) World War I.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Chattel slavery.

3. Under which law did the Supreme Court uphold “racially restrictive housing policies”(56)?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) Sweet v. Department of Housing.
(c) Parmalee v. Morris.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

4. Where did the “Red Summer” occur?
(a) North America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) South America.

5. What does Anderson claim is the trigger for white rage?
(a) Black advancement.
(b) Black homeowners.
(c) Black men.
(d) Black rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. As more Blacks moved north, what happened as a result of the increased housing demand?

2. What year did Dr. Sweet move into a white neighborhood?

3. Who was the mayor of New York in 1999?

4. In addition to seeking work during the Great Migration, what did Blacks hope to find up North?

5. Created by Congress in 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau was responsible for what?

(see the answer key)

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