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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people died in the Civil War?
(a) 200-400,000.
(b) 650-850,000.
(c) 400-500,000.
(d) 500-650,000.

2. What was a side effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?
(a) Slave-oweners lost some of their authority over enslaved people.
(b) Black people were prohibited from entering free states.
(c) Black people could be captured and enslaved, even in free states.
(d) Abolitionist groups received additional funding.

3. Who gave the Cornerstone Speech?
(a) Stephen Douglas.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Alexander Stephens.
(d) Jefferson Davis.

4. Who was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK?
(a) Samuel Green.
(b) James A. Colescott.
(c) William Joseph Simmons.
(d) Nathan Bedford Forest.

5. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?
(a) The English.
(b) The German.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Scandinavians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group received additional rights after the Revolutionary War?

2. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?

3. What argument was outlined in GT Gillespie's "Christian View of Segregation"?

4. What motivated George Pepperdine to found his university?

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

(see the answer key)

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