1. Based on the articles about the background history of discrimination in America, slavery was abolished a. after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's.
b. after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
c. after the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .
d. after segregation was found unconstitutional.

2. After segregation was deemed unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954,
d. slavery was reinstituted
b. discrimination ended in the U. S.
a. they immediately passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1968
c. the southern states continued to segregate public facilities

3. According to the "Minority Rights" article, members of minority groups "face discrimination and unfair treatment on a daily basis." Select the group that is NOT considered a minority group.
a. Hispanics
b. Muslims
c. Whites
d. Blacks
e. Homosexuals

4. TRUE or FALSE: The civil rights movement of the 1950's inspired the feminist/woman's movement of the 1960-70's.
a. True
b. False

5. TRUE or FALSE: The first case of police brutality in America began in 2013.
a. True
b. False

6. In Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s essay, “What’s in a Name?” the main issue concerns: *
c. the reasons why Mr. Wilson called his father “George.”
d. all of the above.
b. his misunderstanding of his mother’s comment that “it was one of those things.”
a. his desire to go to work with his dad.

7. When Gates states that he knew he was in the presence of "one of those things" like his mother would say, what did that mean? *
b. In the presence of his dad's friends.
a. In the presence of Mr. Wilson.
c. In the presence of discrimination.
d. In the presence of the colored people in Piedmont.

8. How did Gates deal with this experience with discrimination?
a. He protested.
b. He fought with Mr. Wilson.
c. He boycotted the First Cut Drugstore.
d. He never looked at Mr. Wilson in the eye.

9. In Brent Staples' article, "Just Walk on by: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space," he writes how he discovered he could affect his surroundings when *
d. he became a journalist.
b. he realized he was indistinguishable from the muggers.
a. he graduated from the university.
c. he found his first female victim and attacks her on a train.

10. Brent Staples' article, he states he began to take precautions to avoid being profiled by:
d. appearing less threatening.
b. passing anti-discrimination laws.
a. protesting his civil rights.
c. becoming a professor.