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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which national organization does Anderson name as supporting the civil rights movement at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) The King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(b) The Leaders of the Southern Christian Association.
(c) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(d) The Confederation of Southern Christian Kings.

2. In addition to seeking work during the Great Migration, what did Blacks hope to find up North?
(a) Better restaurants.
(b) Better lawyers.
(c) Better hospitals.
(d) Better schools.

3. Which tax supports public school education?
(a) Income.
(b) Education.
(c) Excise.
(d) Property.

4. Following Brown v. Board, great pains were taken to stop Blacks from doing what?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Driving.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Voting.

5. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?
(a) James Johnson.
(b) James Garfield.
(c) James Jefferson.
(d) James Jameson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the satellite the Soviets launched in 1957?

2. The southern closure of school affected whom?

3. William Bradford Reynold, Assistant General Attorney for civil right under Reagan, worked to dismantle what final alternative to desegregate schools?

4. Profits from cocaine trafficked by the CIA to California was used to arm whom?

5. In addition to student aid cuts, Reagan reduced what school program by $1.46 billion?

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