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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the name of the area of Detroit to which Blacks moved during the Great Migration?
3. Which Amendment Abolished Slavery?
4. What year was the KKK founded?
5. What was not one of the things that Blacks be arrested for under the Black Codes?
Short Essay Questions
1. In which part of Detroit did most Black people live after the Great Migration? Describe the conditions there.
2. Who was President after Lincoln’s assasination? In what ways did he attempt to return to slavery?
3. What is the book’s genre? What does that mean?
4. What was the Chicago Defender and what role did it have, or was it suspected to have, in the Great Migration?
5. When did The Civil War Begin? What started it?
6. Why were Southern states determined to hold onto slavery? How did they benefit from slavery?
7. What was the “Red Summer”? When and where did it take place?
8. Which court decision upheld racially restrictive housing policies?
9. Describe the American Colonization Society. What was it? Who created it?
10. Describe the peonage system.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Anderson’s underlying thesis? How does she support her argument?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 4, Anderson states that President Nixon tried to portray racism as more of an individual act than a systemic issue. Focusing on the chronology of White Rage, discuss how racism has changed over time and how Nixon’s portrayal created a shift in behaviors.
Essay Topic 3
After reading White Rage, write an essay on how you would define “white rage.” According to Anderson, how do those with “white rage” view people of color and their role in America?
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