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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Abraham Lincoln's most famous moniker?
(a) Honest Abe.
(b) Famous Abe.
(c) Tricky Abe.
(d) Abolitionist Abe.

2. What racist film did Woodrow Wilson screen at the White House?
(a) Tarzan.
(b) The Birth of a Nation.
(c) Black KKKlansman.
(d) Spaghetti Western.

3. When is Black History Month in the U.S.?
(a) February.
(b) December.
(c) April.
(d) August.

4. Who wrote a biography of John Brown?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Phillis Wheatley.

5. Who did the Dixiecrats run for President in the late 1940s?
(a) Jesse Helms.
(b) Robert Baker.
(c) Strom Thurmond.
(d) John C. Calhoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raided the U.S. Armory in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859?

2. Which Pennsylvania congressman fought for redistribution of land to award to former slaves after the Civil War?

3. Which of the following was Lincoln against?

4. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe Booker T. Washington?

5. What was the period in history following the Civil War in the U.S. called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first legislation that Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted passed following President John F. Kennedy's assassination?

2. What do Reynolds and Kendi say that Black people were doing even as Lincoln was labeled the Great Emancipator?

3. What did President Woodrow Wilson fear about Black soldiers' experiences in Europe during WWI?

4. How do Reynolds and Kendi explain the reasons behind Abraham Lincoln's early calls for ending slavery?

5. What happened when President Harry Truman urged Congress to pass a civil rights act in 1948?

6. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is the most effective piece of antiracist legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress?

7. According to Reynolds and Kendi, how did Roosevelt's New Deal affect Black people?

8. What did Tarzan symbolize for White people?

9. What new ideas did W.E.B. Du Bois embrace later in his life in Chapter 19?

10. Who was involved in organizing the 1963 March on Washington?

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