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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "W. E. B. Du Bois," Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Germantown Petition Against Slavery produced?
(a) 1640.
(b) 1653.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1688.

2. Who was the new executive secretary of the NAACP in 1933?
(a) Henry W. Grady.
(b) Marie-Guillemine Benoist.
(c) Alexander Stephens.
(d) Walter White.

3. Where was Rekia Boyd fatally shot?
(a) New York.
(b) Miami.
(c) Houston.
(d) Chicago.

4. For what publication was Ephraim W. Allen editor?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Philadelphia Tribune.
(c) The Newburyport Herald.
(d) The London Globe.

5. Who invented the mechanical cotton gin?
(a) Hendrik Cesars.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Samuel Sewall.
(d) Eli Whitney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Essay on Universal History in 1756?

2. Who organized the Society for the Propagation of the Gosphel in Foreign Parts in 1701?

3. When was the American Anti-Slavery Society formed?

4. When did John Locke move to London to become the personal physician of Lord Cooper?

5. What act was passed in 1861 that declared that slave holders forfeited their ownership of any property, including slaves, used by the Confederate Army?

(see the answer key)

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