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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. The author asserts that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first important civil rights legislation since the Civil Rights Act of what year?

2. Who was the Chicago Defender founder who became one of the first Black millionaires?

3. When did members of the House pass the Thirteenth Amendment?

4. What does AFIC stand for?

5. Who wrote Lynch Law?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What led Lincoln to enact the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. What significance does the author place on Tarzan of the Apes?

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 discussion does the author make regarding The Cosby Show?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 various racist stereotypes that emerged regarding Black Americans during the Enlightenment era. In what ways were Blacks demeaned and exploited? To what means? How did this impact racial thought?

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