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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. People began to see America’s educational struggles as a direct result of what?
(a) Jim Crow laws.
(b) Southern Manifesto.
(c) Brown v. Board.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

4. In which newspaper was the author’s initial piece about “white rage” published?
(a) Washington Post.
(b) Chicago Defender.
(c) New York Times.
(d) Milwaukee Tribune.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What “top secret” report “detailed America’s descent into a second-class power”?

2. What does Jim Crow refer to?

3. Once these types of jobs began to disappear in the United States, it became much more difficult for those without an education to make a living wage?

4. As a means of targeting NAACP members, what state required that the organization filed membership lists?

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

(see the answer key)

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