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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. Who spearheaded the First Great Awakening?

2. When did Cotton Mather die?

3. Where did Thomas Jefferson go upon his retirement from public life?

4. What was the book that the world's first racist wrote titled, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

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. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe segregationists?

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 were some of the things that White privileges allowed?

6. How did both planters and missionaries in early America think about slavery?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reynolds and Kendi use many different examples of films and other art to explain the perpetuation of racist tropes throughout U.S. history. Write an essay explaining some of the most influential films, books, and/or celebrities that contributed to racist tropes and thought that Reynolds and Kendi explore throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

How do Reynolds and Kendi characterize the organization of the 1963 March on Washington, and who do they say worked together to organize it? 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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