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

2. When did Thomas Jefferson's father die?
(a) August 17, 1757.
(b) December 24, 1860.
(c) April 11, 1803.
(d) April 17, 1790.

3. What name was Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi given when he was released from slavery?
(a) Paul Baynes.
(b) Johannes Leo.
(c) Morgan Godwyn.
(d) George Fox.

4. Why did Richard Mather come to America?
(a) To seek gold.
(b) To evade the French authorities.
(c) To attend his arranged marriage.
(d) Religious persecution.

5. When did minstrel shows emerge in the U.S.?
(a) The 1830s.
(b) The 1850s.
(c) The 1790s.
(d) The 1820s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Benjamin Franklin die?

2. Who had sex on the Ark despite having been told not to, according to Genesis of the Bible?

3. When was the decision found in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?

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

5. Who was Sarah Baartman's South African master?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Western Europ gain access to goods from Africa?

4. What were William Lloyd Garrison's views when he first emerged as an abolitionist in the late 1820s?

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

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

7. What discovery did Cotton Mather make during the smallpox outbreak of 1721?

8. What is uplift suasion?

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

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

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