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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. What group described by the author in the Prologue "has blamed Black people themselves for the racial disparities" (2)?

2. Whose acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin set off the #Black Lives Matter movement?

3. When did Charles II restore the English throne?

4. With what slave did Thomas Jefferson have an affair?

5. What English Dissenter prevailed on the Quakers to convert the enslaved in 1657?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Enlightenment?

3. What is monogenism?

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

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

6. What is curse theory?

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

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

9. What is uplift suasion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the lives, careers, and activist work of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. How did King and Malcolm X differ in their views and their actions? What similar ideas did they share? How did each man influence and inspire Blacks to seek equality? What were the impacts of their assassinations?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ideals, convictions, and philosophies that emerged during the period leading up to and during the American Civil War. Who were the leaders in these philosophies? What were Lincoln's main concerns regarding the war? What were his convictions and actions regarding slavery? What were his weaknesses in this regard?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss legislation and social perspectives on interracial marriage and partnerships in America throughout history. When were laws first enacted that prohibited interracial marriage? How was rape by slave owners different, and why?

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