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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Dr. Sweet move to after the trial?
(a) New York City.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Black Bottom.
(d) Washington D.C.

3. To what country did the American Colonization Society move thousands of newly freed people?
(a) Lusitania.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Libya.
(d) Liberia.

4. When did race riots occur in the North?
(a) Between 1917-1920.
(b) Between 1770-1771.
(c) Between 1940-1945.
(d) Between 1860-1863.

5. What was not one of the things that Blacks be arrested for under the Black Codes?
(a) Hunting and fishing.
(b) Vagrancy.
(c) Lack of employment.
(d) Gainful employment.

6. Which states’ determination to uphold American slavery led to the Civil War?
(a) Northern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Western.
(d) Eastern.

7. Who created the American Colonization Society?
(a) Henry Garfield.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Hank Williams.

8. Who was arrested after the confrontation at Dr. Sweet’s house?
(a) Dr. Sweet, his wife and friends.
(b) Police officers who didn’t help.
(c) Those who threw things at his home.
(d) Dr. Sweet’s child.

9. What is the name of the area of Detroit to which Blacks moved during the Great Migration?
(a) Black Bottom.
(b) Black mountain.
(c) Black Valley.
(d) Black Village.

10. What is the name of the system by which white plantation owners would bail Black men out of jail and have them work off their debt?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Bartering.
(c) Peonies.
(d) Peonage.

11. Which Supreme Court decision stated that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States?
(a) The Dred Scott Decision.
(b) The Ossian Sweet Decision.
(c) The Simon Johnson Decision.
(d) The Frederick Douglass Decision.

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

13. According to Anderson, in the early twentieth century, the rape of Black women was considered a white man’s what?
(a) Birth Right.
(b) Sin
(c) Rite of passage.
(d) Legal right.

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

15. What were the Black Codes?
(a) A series of laws targeting and only applicable to Black Americans.
(b) Laws restricting Blacks from holding public office.
(c) A secret language developed by the Black community.
(d) Dress codes at all black schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?

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

3. After Diallo’s murder, what did Black Americans express concern over with regard to the New York Police Department?

4. What is the title of the Prologue?

5. What act was passed in 1867 in response to the rise of the KKK?

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