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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 24 - Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Reynolds and Kendi argue was responsible for emancipating Black people?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Black people.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. What religion did Cotton and Mather practice?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Puritanism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Lutheranism.

3. How old was Thomas Jefferson in 1776?
(a) 40.
(b) 16.
(c) 33.
(d) 76.

4. What did the Great Compromise create?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The Electoral College.
(d) The House and the Senate in the U.S.

5. What did a New York Times editorial say about Malcolm X. in the wake of his death?
(a) That his life was strangely and pitifully wasted.
(b) That he should never have converted to Judaism.
(c) That he would be remembered as a student of non-violence.
(d) That he had relied too much on charisma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Du Bois ask to come speak at Atlanta University, where he was teaching, in 1906?

2. What was a major problem with the Black Power movement, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

3. What social justice movement was created in the late 2010s by three Black women in response to police brutality against people of color?

4. Who did the Dixiecrats run for President in the late 1940s?

5. What terrible event resulted in the deaths of four Black children in Birmingham in 1963?

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