1. What argument was outlined in GT Gillespie's "Christian View of Segregation"?
(a) The Bible directs opposed segregation policies.
(b) Segregation is a "natural law" and it should be upheld.
(c) The Bible directly supports segregation policies.
(d) Segregation is against Christian principles and should be challnged.

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

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

4. Which for the following is NOT a reason Robert Finley cited in his proposal to send Black people back to Africa?
(a) This arrangement would help the U.S. avoid paying reparations.
(b) This arrangement would rid the U.S. of Black people.
(c) This arrangement would "civilize" the continent of Africa.
(d) This arrangement would offer enslaved Blacks a better life.

5. During Billy Graham's 1953 crusade, he encountered segregated seating at a location where he was scheduled to speak. How did he respond?
(a) He publicly approved of the separation of white and Black attendees.
(b) He refused to speak unless the ropes dividing attendees were taken down.
(c) He private expressed discomfort, but chose to continue his speech.
(d) He ignored the dividing ropes and made no comments about their presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Constitutional Convention, delegates allowed the question of slavery to be set aside for 20 years. What term has been used to describe this compromise?

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

3. What year did Martin Luther King, Jr. write "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

4. What did Sherman's Special Field Order promise black families?

5. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?

(see the answer key)

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