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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 13 - 19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state was admitted to the Union in 1820 as a free state?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Connecticut.

2. Which book was the film The Birth of a Nation based upon?
(a) The Clansman.
(b) Shane.
(c) Tarzan.
(d) Westerworld.

3. Which country became the Eastern Hemisphere's symbol of freedom following a slave rebellion there in the late 1700s?
(a) America.
(b) Brazil.
(c) England.
(d) Haiti.

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

5. What did the Curse Theory say about Africans?
(a) That they had accidentally cast a curse on themselves.
(b) That they had intentionally cast a curse on themselves.
(c) That they were a cursed people because of God's will.
(d) That the Salem Witches had cast curses on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held the theory that Blacks descended from a "Different Adam" than Whites?

2. Who bought some of the first slaves to come to America from Africa?

3. What club did Benjamin Franklin begin in 1743?

4. How old was Thomas Jefferson in 1776?

5. Who did the world's first racist write a biography about, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

(see the answer key)

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