The 1619 Project - Chapter 2 Quiz

What law is mentioned in Terrence Hayes's poem 'A Ghazalled Sentence After 'My People...Hold On' by Eddie Kendricks and the Negro Act of 1740'?

Question Answer Choices South Carolina's Negro Act The Emancipation Proclamation The Fugitive Slave Act The Jim Crow Laws

What did the South Carolina's Negro Act of 1740 make illegal for enslaved people?

Question Answer Choices To work, attend school, or join the military To practice religion, marry, or own property To move freely, congregate, earn money, or learn to read and write To speak their native language, travel, or vote

In 'Race,' what practice did enslavers use to build capital through Black women?

Question Answer Choices Selling property Labor exploitation Forced impregnation Religious conversion

What does Dorothy Roberts argue about the lasting effects of racist laws governing property, labor, sex, and reproduction?

Question Answer Choices They have had lasting effects on Black men in particular. They have had lasting effects on European settlers. They have had lasting effects on all immigrants. They have had lasting effects on Black women in particular.

What is the significance of the 2020 DNA study mentioned by Dorothy Roberts in 'Race'?

Question Answer Choices It indicates that European ancestry is rare in Black Americans. It disproves the existence of anti-miscegenation laws. It substantiates that forced reproduction was widespread among enslavers. It shows that Black women were not affected by racist laws.

What does the poem 'Conjured' by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers examine?

Question Answer Choices The impact of anti-miscegenation laws. The life of an enslaved woman in the 1800s. The economic systems of the colonial era. The details known about Samba and his legend compared to his executioner.

According to Dorothy Roberts in 'Race,' what principle determined that any child born to a Black enslaved woman was also classified as Black?

Question Answer Choices Matrilineal descent Racial hierarchy Paternal lineage Property laws

What is the main focus of Dorothy Roberts's essay 'Race'?

Question Answer Choices The influence of Native American culture on modern society The construct of race and its impact on the Black experience in the United States The development of economic policies in colonial America The history of European immigration to the United States

What does Dorothy Roberts say about the forced sterilization of Black women?

Question Answer Choices It was used to increase their economic opportunities. It was never a practice in the United States. It has been used by government agencies to regulate their reproductive lives. It has been completely eradicated in modern society.

What did anti-miscegenation laws in the colonial era criminalize?

Question Answer Choices Property ownership Religious practices Labor strikes Race mixing