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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 term for the system that allowed Southern states to "hire out" prisoners to private companies?
(a) Chattel slavery.
(b) Convict-leasing.
(c) Indentured servitude.
(d) Prisoner-rental.

2. Which revivalist preacher used profits from slave labor to build an orphanage?
(a) George Whitefield.
(b) Solomon Stoddard.
(c) Richard Allen.
(d) Jonathan Edwards.

3. According to Tisby, when did Christianity arrive in Africa?
(a) The 7th-8th century.
(b) The 1st-2nd century.
(c) The 3rd-4th century.
(d) The 5th-6th century.

4. Which constitutional amendment freed all enslaved people in the United States?
(a) The 13th.
(b) The 12th.
(c) The 14th.
(d) The 11th.

5. What was the term for secret places where enslaved Blacks met to worship?
(a) Quiet lanes.
(b) Hidden chambers.
(c) Confidential gardens.
(d) Hush arbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Tisby use to describe Christianity that "embraces racial and ethnic diversity" (24)?

2. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?

3. During the early colonization of the Americas, which crop was most profitable?

4. Which book of the Bible contains the "Curse of Ham" (82) passage?

5. Why did Presbyterians oppose the Gardener Springs Resolutions?

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