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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 wrote the 1990 book Black Feminist Thought?

2. Where did Angela Davis earn her BA?

3. Who wrote The Clansmen?

4. Who did George H. W. Bush run against for President in 1988?

5. What does AFIC stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Lincoln to enact the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

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

4. What is the significance of Jack Johnson historically?

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

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

7. What change did Malcolm X experience during his trip to Mecca in 1963?

8. What was the significance of the release of the Human Genome Project results in 2000?

9. What is eugenics and how does it apply to racism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe climate theory in regards to race. When did this theory emerge? Where and from whom did it emerge? How was climate theory used to justify racism?

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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