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

2. The author states in Chapter 5 that tobacco exports in the Mid-Atlantic regions increased from 20,000 pounds in 1619 to how many by 1700?
(a) 15 million.
(b) 62 million.
(c) 38 million.
(d) 20 million.

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

4. What abolitionist essay did John Woolman publish in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1752?
(a) The Primitive Mind.
(b) Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes.
(c) A Humanist Perspective on American Slavery.
(d) The Christian Guide to Slavery Ownership.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication did William Lloyd Garrison create and use to encourage "free Blacks to challenge 'every law which infringes on your rights'" (168)?

2. What new era was emerging at the time that Thomas Jefferson was born?

3. When was The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea written?

4. Who painted Portrait d'une negresse in 1800?

5. Who brought the First Great Awakening to Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were slave-owners reluctant to baptize their slaves in the 1600s?

2. Discuss the ironies of the Declaration of Independence.

3. How did the invention of the cotton gin impact slavery?

4. What is curse theory?

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

6. What was decreed by the first Naturalization Act of 1790?

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

8. What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 dictate?

9. What were the impacts of Bacon's Rebellion?

10. What does the term "extraordinary Negro" refer to?

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