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

2. What is the period of American History following the Civil War?
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) World War I.
(c) Reallocation.
(d) Redistribution.

3. The southern closure of school affected whom?
(a) Black and white Students.
(b) Blacks students only.
(c) White students only.
(d) Had no effect on students.

4. Which President continued Nixon’s work of rolling back civil rights?
(a) Abe Lincoln.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. According to Anderson, quality education can do what for people?
(a) Improve health outcomes.
(b) Improve health outcomes, break the cycle of poverty, and improve housing conditions.
(c) Improve housing conditions.
(d) Break the cycle of poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ossian Sweet’s occupation?

2. The 2014 midterms had the lowest voter turnout since what year?

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

4. After the launching of Sputnik, many pointed to America’s failed what?

5. What is the name of the white man whose killed a Black Bible study group in 2015?

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