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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 act on March 26, 1790 limited citizenship to "free white persons" of "good character" (121)?
2. Who wrote Two Lectures on the Natural History of the Caucasian and Negro Races in 1845?
3. Whose acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin set off the #Black Lives Matter movement?
4. Who is referred to in Chapter 11 as "That rare segregationist who rejected polygenesis," believing "that all humans descended from Europe's Garden of Eden" (138)?
5. Where did the Black revolt of September 8, 1791 take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. What discovery did Cotton Mather make during the smallpox outbreak of 1721?
2. When and where did Nat Turner's Rebellion take place? What were its impacts?
3. Who was Phillis Wheatly and why is she important in American history?
4. Define the three sides of the racial debate, according to the author.
5. Why were slave-owners reluctant to baptize their slaves in the 1600s?
6. What does the term "extraordinary Negro" refer to?
7. What was dictated in the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
8. What events led to the development of the #Black Lives Matter movement? What impact has the movement had?
9. What is curse theory?
10. What was decreed by the first Naturalization Act of 1790?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss Thomas Jefferson and his stances on slavery and race. How did Jefferson's childhood and family help to shape his views on slavery? What were the impacts of Jefferson's Presidency on slavery and race in America? What ironies does the author point out regarding Jefferson's Declaration of Independence?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the colonization movement during and following the American Civil War. Who led the thought on re-colonizing Blacks back to Africa? How widespread was support of this idea? How did Blacks themselves feel about colonization?
Essay Topic 3
What were the impacts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What backlash came with the act? How did the act influence the Black vote? What powers were given to enforce the act?
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