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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. Which slave did Thomas Jefferson have children with?

2. What was the first university to be opened in the U.S.?

3. Which Spanish ship carrying slaves was hijacked in 1619?

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

5. When did the First Great Awakening happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the 1791 slave rebellion in Haiti such a problem for White people in power in the United States?

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

4. What was a particularly glaring contradiction in Jefferson's attitudes and writings in 1784?

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

6. What is the Climate Theory as described by Reynolds and Kendi?

7. Why do Reynolds and Kendi describe Gomes Eanes de Zurara as the world's first racist?

8. What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 allow for?

9. What were some of the things that White privileges allowed?

10. What was the strategy of uplift suasion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do Reynolds and Kendi classify Gomes Eanes de Zurara as the world's first racist? Write an essay explaining your answer, 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

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.

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