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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the impact of chattel slavery on Black families?
(a) It frequently broke up families.
(b) It usually kept families intact.
(c) It kept couples together, but separated children.
(d) It allowed married couples to free their children.

2. What punishment was imposed on free citizens who failed to assist the authorities in capturing a runaway slave?
(a) They were executed.
(b) They were stripped of U.S. citizenship.
(c) They were fined $1,000.
(d) They were imprisoned.

3. Why was the antislavery clause removed from the Declaration of Independence?
(a) States that opposed the slave trade offended the Founding Fathers.
(b) States that supported the slave trade won a Congressional vote.
(c) States that profited from the slave trade objected to its inclusion.
(d) States that outlawed slavery launched a letter-writing campaign.

4. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?
(a) North and Central America.
(b) The Caribbean and South America.
(c) Africa and Australia.
(d) Europe and Asia.

5. What term does Tisby use to describe Christianity that "embraces racial and ethnic diversity" (24)?
(a) Conscientious Chrsitianity.
(b) Complicit Christianity.
(c) Complacent Christianity.
(d) Courageous Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a side effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?

2. What was the impact of the Dred Scott Decision?

3. According to Tisby, what attracted most Black people to Christianity during the Colonial era?

4. What usually happened to enslaved people who were caught trying to escape?

5. Who was the first Black preacher ordained in America?

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