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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue & Chapter 1 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of African Americans were in the Union army?
(a) 65.
(b) 23.
(c) 10.
(d) 80.

2. What three things did the Radical Republicans seek for Blacks?
(a) Land, citizenship, and automobiles.
(b) Land, citizenship, and the right to vote.
(c) Land, clothing, and the right to vote.
(d) Land, employment, and the right to vote.

3. What year did the Civil War begin?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1746.
(d) 1965.

4. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1867.

5. After Diallo’s murder, what did Mayor Giuliani say the community’s real issue was?
(a) Violence against police.
(b) Policies against police.
(c) Bad attitude toward police.
(d) Racism against police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

2. In 2014 race riots erupted after the police killing of whom?

3. Who is the author of the book White Rage?

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

5. Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?

(see the answer key)

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