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What was the purpose of the Black Codes after the Civil War?
A) To expand voting rights
B) To limit the freedom of formerly enslaved people
C) To improve education
D) To end segregation
What is...
B) To limit the freedom of formerly enslaved people
Explanation: Southern states passed laws known as Black Codes to control the labor and movement of freed African Americans after slavery ended.
Why might unity create strength?
a) It causes fear
b) It builds cooperation
c) It spreads division
d) It limits trust
What is...
b) It builds cooperation
Explanation: Working together increases power and support.
The primary mechanism of control proposed in this section relies most heavily on:
a) Economic Dependency
b) Psychological terror reinforced through spectacle
c) Religious indoctrination
d) Legal codification
What is...
b) Psychological terror reinforced through spectacle
What strategy is described here?
a) Encouraging unity
b) Creating division among people
c) Promoting education
d) Supporting equality
What is...
b) Creating division among people
Explanation: The section explains dividing people by age, gender, and status
What does history show about enslaved families?
a) They had no strength
b) They often built strong support networks
c) They never resisted
d) They had no culture
What is...
b) They often built strong support networks
Explanation: Enslaved families created strong community bonds despite oppression.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
A) Segregation in schools was legal
B) Schools could choose their own rules
C) Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
D) Only colleges must integrate
What is...
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
A) Segregation in schools was legal
B) Schools could choose their own rules
C) Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
D) Only colleges must integrate
Answer: C) Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
Explanation: In Brown v. Board of Education, the Court ruled that “separate but equal” schools were not truly equal, overturning part of Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is suggested as a threat to control?
A) Strong family unity
B) Silence
C) Obedience
D) Fear
What is...
Answer: A
Explanation: The text suggests unity makes control harder.
Why do you think the "punishments" were made public?
a) To entertain others
b) To save money
c) To scare others into obedience
d) To reward good behavior
What is..
c) To scare others into obedience
Explanation: Public punishment spreads fear so others will obey without resisting.
What modern idea does this relate to?
a) Divide and conquer
b) Equal opportunity
c) Free Trade
d) Democracy
What is...
a) Divide and conquer
Explanation: "Divide and conquer" is a strategy used to weaken groups.
Why is this segment "controversial?"
a) It promotes freedom
b) It describes extreme control over gender roles
c) It supports democracy
d) It focuses on trade
What is...
b) It describes extreme control over gender roles
Explanation: It describes manipulating family and gender roles for control.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
A) Gave women the right to vote
B) Ended slavery in the United States
C) Started the Civil War
D) Created segregation
What is...
Answer: B) Ended slavery in the United States
Explanation: The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in 1865. However, it allowed forced labor as punishment for a crime, which later became controversial.
What flaw exists in this argument?
a) It ignores resilience
b) It supports equality
c) It lacks punishment
d) It promotes education
What is...
a) It ignores resilience
Explanation: It ignores how families survived and adapted.
A critical historian might argue this section functions primarily as:
a) A documented plantation manual
b) A satirical exaggeration
c) A mythic condensation of multiple control strategies
What is...
c) A mythic condensation of multiple control strategies
Explanation: "formless, unstable, nebulous condensation that merges various strategies of control, often distorting reality while appearing natural.
What risk comes from believing this "principle" explains everything today?
a) It encourages solutions
b) It may oversimplify complex problems
c) It increases unity
d) It builds confidence
What is...
b) It may oversimplify complex problems
Explanation: Social issues today are influenced by many factors, not just one idea.
Why should readers be cautious of the "Willie Lynch" letter?
a) The document's accuracy is debated
b) It promotes equality
c) It has no strong claims
d) It avoids stereotypes
What is...
a) The document's accuracy is debated
Explanation: Many historians question whether the letter is authentic.
What was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?
A) A peaceful protest
B) A natural disaster
C) A violent attack on a Black community
D) A labor strike
What is...
Answer: C) A violent attack on a Black community
Explanation: In 1921, a white mob attacked the Greenwood District of Tulsa, destroying homes and businesses and killing many residents. The event was hidden from many history books for decades.
Which theory would dispute the inevitability of structural breakdown?
A) Resilience theory
B) Determinism
C) Biological essentialism
D) Economic fatalism
What is...
A) Resilience theory
Resilience theory rejects the assumption that structural breakdown must occur. It suggests that systems (whether social, psychological, economic, or ecological) have the capacity to adapt and survive challenges.
What idea does this section ignore?
a) The power of resistance
b) The need for food
c) The weather
d) The cost of labor
What is...
a) The power of resistance
Explanation: History shows many enslaved people resisted in different ways.
Why should "we" question this section?
a) It presents opinions as facts
b) It supports equality
c) It uses math
d) It promotes unity
What is...
a) It presents opinions as facts
Explanation: The document presents strong claims without clear historical proof.
This section primarily attempts to destabilize:
a) Economic markets
b) Cultural transmission
c) Trade networks
d) Foreign diplomacy
What is...
b) Cultural transmission
Explanation: Cultural transmission is the reassurance the continuity of societal norms are carried on. This includes: vertical (parent-child), horizontal (peers), and oblique (adult-child)
Who assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968?
A) Malcolm X
B) James Earl Ray
C) The FBI
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
What is...
Answer: B) James Earl Ray
Explanation: Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis. James Earl Ray was arrested, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to prison. While some people believe in conspiracy theories, the official legal finding is that Ray was responsible.
The marriage unit is portrayed as:
a) Economically irrelevant
b) Politically destabilizing is unified
c) Militarily strategic
d) Religiously subordinate
What is...
b) Politically destabilizing is unified
From a Foucauldian perspective, the described public punishment functions as:
A) Randomized cruelty
B) Sovereign power displayed to discipline bodies
C) Economic rationalization
Foucauldian Perspective:
-"Control the body by manipulating the soul."
-"Argues that the decline of public executions was not a more humane, enlightened evolution, but rather a more discreet form of power
What is...
B) Sovereign power displayed to discipline bodies
Explanation: It views the body as a site of vengeance. (Public Execution/Torture, Body of the Condemned, Theater of Terror)
A major flaw in the "Cardinal Principle" argument is its neglect of:
a) Agency and resistance movements
b) Plantation logistics
c) Agricultural economics
d) Linguistic diversity
What is...
a) Agency and resistance movements
What modern theory studies overlapping oppression?
a) Geometry
b) Intersectionality
c) Agriculture
d) Physics
What is...
b) Intersectionality
Explanation: Intersectionality studies how race and gender oppression overlap.