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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dr. George Edmund Hayes blame for the Red Summer violence?
(a) Insufficient support from local sheriffs.
(b) Unruly behavior from Black citizens.
(c) Political corruption by local officials.
(d) Unpunished lynchings committed by white citizens.

2. What word did white Southerners use to describe their attempt to regain power after the Civil War?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Vindication.
(c) Reclamation.
(d) Absolution.

3. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Virginia .
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

4. What led to the split of the Methodist Episcopal Church?
(a) The church congregation disagreed on the question of segregation.
(b) A slave-owning parishioner was excommunicated from the church.
(c) The church congregation argued over a piece of political legislation.
(d) A slave-owning bishop refused to either resign or give up his slaves.

5. According to Tisby, what attracted most Black people to Christianity during the Colonial era?
(a) The opportunity for education.
(b) The chance to win the vote.
(c) The prospect of higher wages.
(d) The hope of earthly liberation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most common cause of death in the Civil War?

2. How did Joseph H. Jackson view Martin Luther King, Jr.'s activities during the civil rights movement?

3. What was the nickname for the state of Kansas during the years leading up to the Civil War?

4. Which book of the Bible contains the "Curse of Ham" (82) passage?

5. What was the term for secret places where enslaved Blacks met to worship?

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