The 13th Documentary

What percentage of the world's prisoners are in the United States?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Which amendment to the Constitution makes it unconstitutional for someone to be held as a slave?

• 10th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What loophole in the 13th Amendment was exploited after the Civil War?

• Exception for criminals

• Right to bear arms

• Right to vote

• Right to free speech

What event was responsible for the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan?

• Civil War

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Birth of a Nation film

• Reconstruction Era

Civil rights activists turned getting "arrested" for protesting into a

• A criminal thing

• A health issue

• A war on drugs

• A noble thing

What did the Southern strategy aim to persuade poor and working-class whites to do?

• Join the Green Party

• Join the Republican Party

• Stay independent

• Join the Democratic Party

What did President Nixon refer to as 'public enemy number one' in the United States?

• Corruption

• Drugs

• Terrorism

• Crime

Whose murder was the start of the civil rights movement in the 1950s?

• Emmett Till

• George Floyd

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Fred Hamptom

In 1990, the prison population jumped to...

• 300 thousand

• 500 thousand

• 1 million

• 2 million

In 2000 the prison population in the US jumped to...

• 500 thousand

• 1 million

• 2 million

• 5 million