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

2. When did the First Great Awakening happen?

3. How old was Thomas Jefferson in 1776?

4. What publication did William Lloyd Garrison often use as an antiracist sounding board?

5. According to Kendi, what do antiracists believe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe antiracists?

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

8. What did Cotton Mather try to convince people was the only mission of slavery?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain the concept of "uplift suasion" as Reynolds and Kendi explain it, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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