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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 the Dred Scott Decision?
(a) Slavery was overturned within certain Southern states.
(b) Slavery was outlawed within the northestern states.
(c) Enslaved people could enroll in public schools that served white citizens.
(d) Enslaved people could not use the legal system to petition for their freedom.

2. What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
(a) It overturned the Fugitive Slave Clause.
(b) It tipped the balance of power in favor of slave states.
(c) It provided a legal argument against emancipation.
(d) It nullified the Missouri Compromise.

3. What word does Tisby use to describe white Christianity's attitude toward racism?
(a) Combative.
(b) Competitive.
(c) Complicit.
(d) Compassionate.

4. What was the Haitian Revolution?
(a) A rebellion of the English against the French.
(b) A rebellion of indentured servants against their employers.
(c) A rebellion of enslaved people against their owners.
(d) A rebellion of native Haitians against the English.

5. According to Tisby, what is required to achieve "reconciliation" (15)?
(a) Repentence.
(b) Grief.
(c) Anger.
(d) Acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, a white lawyer claimed that all white Christians bore some responsibility. What was this lawyer's name?

2. In the 1800s, the global demand for which product helped fuel the north American slave trade?

3. According to Tisby, what belief structure was behind the Lost Cause narrative?

4. Which revivalist preacher used profits from slave labor to build an orphanage?

5. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?

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