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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people attended the Cane Ridge Revival?
(a) 10-20,000.
(b) 20-30,000.
(c) 30-40,000.
(d) 5-10,000.

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

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

5. Which English philosopher's work influenced the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Immanuel Kent.
(d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

6. 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 an antislavery document.
(d) As a proslavery document.

7. How did Columbus view the native inhabitants of the Americas?
(a) As spiritual equals.
(b) As potential slaves.
(c) As skilled laborers.
(d) As fellow citizens.

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

9. Why was the antislavery clause removed from the Declaration of Independence?
(a) States that outlawed slavery launched a letter-writing campaign.
(b) States that profited from the slave trade objected to its inclusion.
(c) States that supported the slave trade won a Congressional vote.
(d) States that opposed the slave trade offended the Founding Fathers.

10. What was the term for secret places where enslaved Blacks met to worship?
(a) Hush arbors.
(b) Hidden chambers.
(c) Confidential gardens.
(d) Quiet lanes.

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

12. What year did the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing occur?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

13. 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?
(a) The three-fifths compromise.
(b) The dirty compromise.
(c) The Philadelphia compromise.
(d) The Missouri compromise.

14. How many enslaved people were transported from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) 20 million.
(d) 5 million.

15. Which revivalist preacher used profits from slave labor to build an orphanage?
(a) George Whitefield.
(b) Jonathan Edwards.
(c) Solomon Stoddard.
(d) Richard Allen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT a social issue the Benevolent Empire sought to address?

3. When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?

4. What statement is NOT true of Charles Grandison Finney?

5. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?

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