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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. What kind of book do Reynolds and Kendi tell the reader Stamped is not?

2. What did the Great Compromise create?

3. Who do Reynolds and Kendi claim was the world's first racist?

4. Who do Reynolds and Kendi refer to as The Great Contradictor?

5. What do Reynolds and Kendi say race has been in American history throughout the ages?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Thomas Jefferson and other slaveholders blame for the slave rebellions cropping up in America in the late 1700s?

2. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe antiracists?

3. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe the intentions and temperament of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison?

4. What is one reason that Frederick Douglass went to Great Britain to spread his antislavery message?

5. What, in Reynolds' and Kendi's opinions, was one of the worst things Jefferson did as he retired to Monticello?

6. How did early Puritans like Cotton and Mather perpetuate their racist ideas?

7. What is the Curse Theory as Reynolds and Kendi describe it?

8. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe assimilationists?

9. In Chapters 6 and 7, what word is most often used to describe Africans in racist theories, and why?

10. What is one of the situations that Reynolds and Kendi view as ironic about Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reynolds and Kendi repeatedly emphasize Thomas Jefferson's contradictory thoughts and actions regarding slavery and his treatment and impressions of Black people. Write an essay explaining some of the specifics of these contradictions, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you explain the core of the so-called "Southern Strategy" that Richard Nixon used in his political campaign to win the presidency in the late 1960s? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, affect the public view of slavery at the time of its publication? How did Blacks in general view the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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