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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the population of Boston grown to by the time of John Adams's death?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 100,000.

2. Who wrote the treatise Commentary on Ephesians?
(a) Thomas Bray.
(b) Paul Baynes.
(c) Morgan Godwyn.
(d) Georges Cuvier.

3. How many times more likely are Black people to be incarcerated in comparison with their White counterparts?
(a) Eight times more likely.
(b) Three times more likely.
(c) Five times more likely.
(d) Two times more likely.

4. The free Black population in Virginia went from 1,800 in 1782 to what number in 1810?
(a) 23,150.
(b) 12,350.
(c) 16,950.
(d) 30,570.

5. Who is the off-duty detective that shot Rekia Boyd?
(a) Dylann Roof.
(b) Dante Servin.
(c) George Zimmerman.
(d) Darren Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became "one of the first African Americans to publicly attack the idea of uplift suasion" in the 1830s (179)?

2. When did minstrel shows emerge in the U.S.?

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

4. When was the first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York?

5. When was Cotton Mather born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What racist stereotypes were reinforced by "An Essay Concering Humane Understanding"?

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

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

4. What impact did mistrel shows have on racist perceptions?

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

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

7. Discuss the ironies of the Declaration of Independence.

8. What events led to the development of the #Black Lives Matter movement? What impact has the movement had?

9. When and where did Nat Turner's Rebellion take place? What were its impacts?

10. What conclusions does the author make regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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