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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom's Cabin?

2. The free Black population in Virginia went from 1,800 in 1782 to what number in 1810?

3. What organization did Cotton Mather co-fund in 1683?

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

5. Who invented the mechanical cotton gin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who are the five main figures that are the book's "tour guides" (6)? Why has the author chosen these individuals?

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

7. What is climate theory?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the views on slavery and its practices in the Medieval ages in Europe and Africa. What were Muslim views on slavery? What influenced these views? When were the first African slaves brought to Europe?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the origins and history of curse theory. When and where did this theory arise? How was this theory used to justify racism and slavery? How did this theory oppose climate theory?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the various racist stereotypes that emerged regarding Black Americans during the Enlightenment era. In what ways were Blacks demeaned and exploited? To what means? How did this impact racial thought?

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