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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first Black Episcopal Church established in New York City?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1803.

2. What usually happened to enslaved people who were caught trying to escape?
(a) They were imprisoned.
(b) They were hanged.
(c) They were fined.
(d) They were exiled.

3. How does Tisby view the U.S. Constitution?
(a) As a document that upholds the rights of Black people.
(b) As a document that takes no stance on racial issues.
(c) As a proslavery document.
(d) As an antislavery document.

4. How did church leaders in 1950s Georgia propose to "Keep Kirkwood White" (145)?
(a) By voting for politicians who supported segregation.
(b) By urging parishioners not to sell homes to black people.
(c) By staging a letter-writing campaign to a local newspaper.
(d) By refusing to allow Black children to attend local schools.

5. What statement does Tisby make about President Lincoln?
(a) He was a slave-owner.
(b) He was not in favor of racial equality.
(c) He was an effective leader.
(d) He was a passionate abolitionist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religious beliefs did enslaved Blacks hold upon their arrival in North America?

3. What was the term for the mass movement of Black people from the South?

4. What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

5. According to Tisby's statistical evidence, which modern American demographic is most likely to be religious?

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