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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was responsible for the murders in the Charleson church shooting?

2. Who invented the mechanical cotton gin?

3. When did Thomas Jefferson's father die?

4. What did George Best observe about the Inuit people of northeastern Canada on his voyage in 1577?

5. When was Thomas Jefferson born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Carl Linnaeus's significance in racial history?

2. What was dictated in the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

3. Why is it important to the author that the reader know this book is not a history of racial progress?

4. What is polygenism? How did it promote racism?

5. Define the three sides of the racial debate, according to the author.

6. Who was Phillis Wheatly and why is she important in American history?

7. What is uplift suasion?

8. What is climate theory?

9. What is monogenism?

10. Who was Peter Paul Simons and what did he contribute to the racial debate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life and the impressions of Phillis Wheatley. When and where was Wheatley born and raised? What made Wheatley stand out as a slave? In what ways was her uniqueness exploited and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe climate theory in regards to race. When did this theory emerge? Where and from whom did it emerge? How was climate theory used to justify racism?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Aristotle's views on slavery and race. What shaped Aristotle's views? How did Aristototle's views influence others throughout history? What influence do they have still today?

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