The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

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Which event sparked the six nights of disorder in Harlem and the death of one resident?

The signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The taunting of police officers

The murder of a high school student (correct)

The burning and plunder in department and grocery stores

Which city experienced the largest and most destructive riot that summer?

Philadelphia

Brooklyn

Harlem

Rochester (correct)

What did the uprisings during the summer of 1964 expose?

Tensions between law enforcement officers and residents in segregated urban neighborhoods

The history of police brutality and vigilante violence

The ways in which discriminatory policing shaped black urban life (correct)

All of the above

What did policymakers and the general public refer to as 'rioting'?

The burning and plunder in department and grocery stores Signup and view all the answers

Which city experienced similar incidents after the disorder in Harlem and Brooklyn?

Chicago Signup and view all the answers

What was the sign that the social conditions that fomented unrest weren't specific to major metropolitan centers?

The number of residents arrested in Rochester Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about the legacy of Emancipation?

The legacy of Emancipation led to entrenched inequality and everyday racism within American institutions. Signup and view all the answers

What did Johnson believe was the immediate overriding issue in New York?

The preservation of law and order Signup and view all the answers

What did Johnson view the actions of black residents during the summer of 1964 as?

Criminal actions Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of Johnson's Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965?

To support training programs and experimental surveillance techniques for police forces serving low-income urban communities Signup and view all the answers

Why did Johnson turn to the War on Crime?

To protect the safety of ordinary Americans Signup and view all the answers

What were the punitive measures included in Johnson's Great Society based on?

The assumptions about culturally disadvantaged Americans Signup and view all the answers

Who was the driving force behind the creation of Kennedy's Task Force on Manpower Conservation?

Moynihan Signup and view all the answers

When did Kennedy convene the task force?

Fall of 1963 Signup and view all the answers

Which report did Wirtz deliver to Johnson?

One Third of a Nation: A Report on Young Men Found Unqualified for Military Service Signup and view all the answers

What connections did the task force draw between?

Poverty, low literacy, and national security Signup and view all the answers

What did the task force argue would happen without federal intervention?

'Third of a nation' would face a lifetime of recurrent unemployment Signup and view all the answers

What did Moynihan believe provided an opportune moment to advocate for new federal employment measures?

Mounting pressure from black Americans Signup and view all the answers

Which term did Moynihan use to describe the impact of social ills on individual behavior?

Pathology Signup and view all the answers

According to Moynihan, what could disrupt the 'tangle of pathology' in black communities?

Planned interventions and federal policies Signup and view all the answers