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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. Who did W. E. B. Du Bois offer as a model for Black leadership?

2. What is the title of the controversial essay W. E. B. Du Bois published in The Crisis in January of 1934?

3. How many Union soldiers did General Sherman lead in the fabled March to the Sea?

4. What does AFIC stand for?

5. When did Matthew Butler and John Tyler Morgan introduce a congressional bill to fund Black emigration to Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the question of race in America change after World War II and during the Cold War?

2. What led William Lloyd Garrison to say of Abraham Lincoln that he did not have "a drop of antislavery blood in his veins" (217)?

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

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

5. What was the mission of the National Associatoin of Colored Women and when was this organization formed?

6. Why is the issue of land distribution following the Civil War significant?

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

8. What led Lincoln to enact the Emancipation Proclamation?

9. What is the significance of Jack Johnson historically?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Aristotle's views on slavery and race. What shaped Aristotle's views? How did Aristototle's views influence others throughout history? What influence do they have still today?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the viewpoints of Voltaire and Buffon. What line of thought does each of these thinkers express? Why? How did their perceptions of Blacks differ generally?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the influences of literature, music, television, and film on racist ideas in America. What are some examples from the text that demonstrate both positive and negative impacts on racist thought from entertainment? How have different forms of entertainment served to strengthen and/or weaken stereotypes of Black Americans?

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