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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. How was the world's first racist's book received by the public?

2. Which territory did Thomas Jefferson purchase from the French early in his presidency?

3. Who is the main female character in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

4. What was the title of the pamphlet David Walker wrote?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe segregationists?

2. Who do you think Reynolds and Kendi make a point to readers that Stamped is not a history book in the traditional sense?

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

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

5. What new technology did Garrison's new group, the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) rely on to distribute information?

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

7. What was the strategy of uplift suasion?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the main differences between the philosophies, goals, and approaches of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What were the different approaches W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington took to writing and advocating for greater equality of Blacks? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How do Reynolds and Kendi characterize former President Bill Clinton's crime bill? How did it influence public opinion about the Black community? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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