1. How does Tisby perceive racism?
(a) As an inevitability.
(b) As a historical myth.
(c) As a mystery.
(d) As a social construct.

2. Which Black preacher helped found the African Methodist Episcopal Church?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Richard R. Jones.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Richard Allen.

3. During the early colonization of the Americas, which crop was most profitable?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Potatoes.

4. How did Columbus view the native inhabitants of the Americas?
(a) As spiritual equals.
(b) As fellow citizens.
(c) As potential slaves.
(d) As skilled laborers.

5. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?
(a) Africa and Australia.
(b) North and Central America.
(c) The Caribbean and South America.
(d) Europe and Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Constitutional Convention, delegates allowed the question of slavery to be set aside for 20 years. What term has been used to describe this compromise?

2. How does Tisby categorize his book, The Color of Compromise?

3. What religious beliefs did enslaved Blacks hold upon their arrival in North America?

4. Which group received additional rights after the Revolutionary War?

5. What was the Haitian Revolution?

(see the answer key)

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