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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the term used for the religious movement that emphasized a personal encounter with God?
(a) The Great Awakening.
(b) The Rise of Christianity.
(c) The Triumph of Evangelism.
(d) The Protestant Revival.

2. In Chapter 1, Beverly Daniel Tatum defines racism as a combination of "prejudice" and another factor. What is the second factor?
(a) Ethnicity.
(b) Planning.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) Power.

3. Which of the following is NOT a social issue the Benevolent Empire sought to address?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Abolitionism.

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

5. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?
(a) The mother's religion.
(b) The mother's slave status.
(c) The father's slave status.
(d) The father's religion.

6. What year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
(a) 1772.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1781.

7. Which white man married Metoaka, also known as Pocahontas?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) John Rolfe.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

8. Which activist claimed that, "There can be no deep disappointment without deep love" (19)?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Ida B. Wells.

9. How many people perished during the Middle Passage?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) About 2 million.
(c) About 750,000.
(d) About 1 million.

10. Which war allowed Britain to expand their territory in North America in the mid-1700s?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) The Anglo-Spanish War.
(d) The War of Spanish Succession.

11. According to Tisby, during which period of American history did race NOT determine a person's station in society?
(a) 1800-1900.
(b) 1600-1800.
(c) 1500-1700.
(d) 1900-2000.

12. Where did transatlantic ships carrying enslaved persons usually make port?
(a) Eastern Canada.
(b) The East Indies.
(c) Western Europe.
(d) The Caribbean.

13. According to Tisby, what attracted most Black people to Christianity during the Colonial era?
(a) The hope of earthly liberation.
(b) The prospect of higher wages.
(c) The chance to win the vote.
(d) The opportunity for education.

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

15. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?
(a) Europe and Asia.
(b) North and Central America.
(c) The Caribbean and South America.
(d) Africa and Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term used for workers who were bound to their employer until they paid off a debt?

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

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

4. What historical period coincided with the decline of slavery in Britain?

5. Why was the antislavery clause removed from the Declaration of Independence?

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