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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 MIT's campus host "Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name" (453)?

2. When did Theodore Roosevelt order the dishonerable discharge of 167 Black soldiers in the 25th Infantry Regiment?

3. Who wrote Two Nations, Black & White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal?

4. Who wrote Tarzan of the Apes?

5. When did President Johnson sign the Voting Rights Act?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the issues of race change after Lincoln's assassination?

2. When and where was W. E. B. Du Bois born and raised? What made him unique?

3. What led to the L.A. Riots in the early 1990s? How did the riots impact race relations?

4. What were the impacts of the War on Drugs on the racist issues in America?

5. What response did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 garner?

6. Who was Franz Boas and what did he present at the Atlanta University Commencement Address that shocked his audience?

7. What were the "race-veiled" voting restrictions that emerged in the 1890s in the South (273)?

8. How were Black Americans affected by the New Deal?

9. When did the Black Power movement emerge and what did it hope to achieve?

10. When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place and what were its impacts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life and the impressions of Phillis Wheatley. When and where was Wheatley born and raised? What made Wheatley stand out as a slave? In what ways was her uniqueness exploited and why?

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