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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 Jefferson Davis take the presidential oath of the new Confederate States of America?
2. What year was it when Angela Davis's friends were killed in a church bombing in her hometown?
3. Where was Woodrow Wilson born?
4. When did the First Battle of Bull run take place in northern Virginia?
5. What act was passed in 1861 that declared that slave holders forfeited their ownership of any property, including slaves, used by the Confederate Army?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is eugenics and how does it apply to racism?
2. What is the significance of Jack Johnson historically?
3. What led to the L.A. Riots in the early 1990s? How did the riots impact race relations?
4. How were Black Americans affected by the New Deal?
5. What led William Lloyd Garrison to say of Abraham Lincoln that he did not have "a drop of antislavery blood in his veins" (217)?
6. What change did Malcolm X experience during his trip to Mecca in 1963?
7. Who is Angela Davis? What led Davis to activism?
8. How had W. E. B. Du Bois' views changed by 1933? Why?
9. What significance does the author place on Tarzan of the Apes?
10. Who was Franz Boas and what did he present at the Atlanta University Commencement Address that shocked his audience?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the ideals and beliefs of the segregationists, assimilationists, and antiracists. What are examples of followers of each of these beliefs in history? How are these different viewpoints exposed in light of the ongoing debate over police shootings today?
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 life, career, and works of Angela Davis. When and where was Davis born? How did this setting influence Davis's later life and career? What were the inciting moments that motivated Davis as an activist?
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