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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bullets were fired at Amadou Diallo?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 29.
(d) 41.

2. Why did The Homestead Act not benefit Black Americans?
(a) The did not own homes.
(b) They did not need homes.
(c) They were not considered citizens.
(d) They were not interested in owning homes.

3. What oath, devised by Congress in 1862, did Andrew Johnson ignore in order to pardon Confederates?
(a) Iron Clad Test Oath.
(b) Oath of Allegiance.
(c) Oath of office.
(d) Hippocratic Oath.

4. What event prompted Anderson to write this book?
(a) The murder of George Floyd.
(b) The 13th Amendment.
(c) The murder or Amadou Diallo.
(d) Trump’s presidential victory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to seeking work during the Great Migration, what did Blacks hope to find up North?

2. What was not one of the things that Blacks be arrested for under the Black Codes?

3. Where did the 2014 police murder take place?

4. From where did Amadou Diallo emigrate?

5. What constituted vagrancy under the Black Codes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Chicago Defender and what role did it have, or was it suspected to have, in the Great Migration?

2. What was the Dred Scott Decision?

3. Which court decision upheld racially restrictive housing policies?

4. What was the Homestead Act and why did it not benefit African Americans?

5. When did The Civil War Begin? What started it?

6. Describe the American Colonization Society. What was it? Who created it?

7. What is Reconstruction?

8. How did the increased housing demand during the Great Migration affect rents?

9. How does Anderson define "white rage”?

10. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau? When and why was it created?

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