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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term was used the describe the mixing of different races?
(a) Acclimatization.
(b) Revitalization.
(c) Regionalization.
(d) Mongrelization.

2. Which enslaved person wrote an autobiography chronicling his experiences in the Middle Passage?
(a) Richard Allen.
(b) Crispus Attucks.
(c) Olaudah Equiano.
(d) Lemuel Haynes.

3. Who was the first black U.S. senator?
(a) Charles Summer.
(b) Blanche K. Bruce.
(c) Hiram Revels.
(d) Thaddeus Stevens.

4. According to Tisby, in what organization did MLK start his activist career?
(a) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(b) Fellowship of Reconciliation.
(c) The Montgomery Improvement Society.
(d) Regional Council of Negro Leadership.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term for the system of laws and customs used to control Black people after the Civil War?

2. Who spearheaded the revival of the KKK in the early 1900s?

3. According to Tisby, during which period of American history did race NOT determine a person's station in society?

4. What term does Tisby use to describe the practice of supporting policies that harm people of color, while claiming racial ignorance?

5. What year was Barack Obama first elected president?

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