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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 Protestant Revival.
(b) The Great Awakening.
(c) The Rise of Christianity.
(d) The Triumph of Evangelism.

2. According to Tisby, what did Christianity become for enslaved Blacks?
(a) A source of hope.
(b) A source of controversy.
(c) A source of despair.
(d) A source of outrage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which enslaved person wrote an autobiography chronicling his experiences in the Middle Passage?
(a) Richard Allen.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) Lemuel Haynes.
(d) Crispus Attucks.

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

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

12. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?
(a) Soujourner Truth.
(b) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Hannah Crafts.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

13. How did "paternalist" (66) white Christians view Black people?
(a) As helpless and ignorant children.
(b) As legal and soacial equals.
(c) As dangerous and threatening criminals.
(d) As brothers and sisters in spirituality.

14. According to Tisby, what is required to achieve "reconciliation" (15)?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Anger.
(c) Grief.
(d) Repentence.

15. When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1781.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did transatlantic ships carrying enslaved persons usually make port?

2. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?

3. Who was John Newton?

4. What was the impact of chattel slavery on Black families?

5. What usually happened to enslaved people who were caught trying to escape?

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