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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 6 - 12).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which state was Senator John C. Calhoun from?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Alabama.

2. Where did Frederick Douglass travel to spread his antislavery message?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

3. Which of the following phrases does Reynolds put forth to the reader that he says his mother would often say?
(a) Don't throw a stone, then hide your hand.
(b) It is always darkest before the dawn.
(c) Trust but verify.
(d) People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

4. Which of the following ideas did Jefferson promote in the late 1700s?
(a) Slaves should be sent back to Africa.
(b) All slaves deserved freedom except for the ones he owned.
(c) Slaves should be freed after the next two decades.
(d) The northern states had a responsibility to fight against slavery.

5. What does Kendi say is the first step to building an antiracist America?
(a) Acknowledging America's racist past.
(b) Reading the writings of Von Nuremburg.
(c) Understanding how Harvard University was founded.
(d) Reading the writings of Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Thomas Jefferson in 1776?

2. Where did Jefferson move in 1884?

3. Which scientist in Chapter 12, the father of American anthropology, measured skulls as an indicator of intelligence?

4. What happened with the question of admitting Missouri as a state in the U.S. in the early 1800s?

5. What state was admitted to the Union in 1820 as a free state?

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