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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tisby, what issue mobilized and coalesced conservative voters in the 1970s?
(a) Racial integration.
(b) Same-sex marriage.
(c) Reproductive rights.
(d) Nuclear de-escalation.

2. Where was Mike Brown killed by police officer Darren Wilson?
(a) Cincinnati, Ohio.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Ferguson, Missouri.
(d) Lansing, Michigan.

3. What incident led to the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention?
(a) The Baptist church removed Black congregants from their rosters.
(b) The Baptist church argued that white Christians should enlist in the army.
(c) The Baptist church refused appoint slaveholders to office.
(d) The Baptist church appointed a slave-owning preacher.

4. According to Tisby, what belief structure was behind the Lost Cause narrative?
(a) White supremecy.
(b) Fundementalism.
(c) Abolitionism
(d) Racial equality.

5. The Home Owners' Loan Corporation color-coded maps so mortgage lenders could assess risk. What discriminatory practice did these maps lead to?
(a) Redlining.
(b) Blue-blocking.
(c) Blue-zoning.
(d) Redspotting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term used for the process of preparing slaves for their new life of bondage?

2. What word does Tisby use to describe white Christianity's attitude toward racism?

3. Which enslaved person wrote an autobiography chronicling his experiences in the Middle Passage?

4. What was the result of Plessy vs. Ferguson?

5. Where did Emmett Till's murder occur?

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