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'?

    <p>The burning and plunder in department and grocery stores</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Chicago</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The number of residents arrested in Rochester</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>The preservation of law and order</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Criminal actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    Why did Johnson turn to the War on Crime?

    <p>To protect the safety of ordinary Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The assumptions about culturally disadvantaged Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Moynihan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did Kennedy convene the task force?

    <p>Fall of 1963</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which report did Wirtz deliver to Johnson?

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

    What connections did the task force draw between?

    <p>Poverty, low literacy, and national security</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Mounting pressure from black Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Pathology</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Planned interventions and federal policies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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