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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was the impact of chattel slavery on Black families?
(a) It frequently broke up families.
(b) It kept couples together, but separated children.
(c) It usually kept families intact.
(d) It allowed married couples to free their children.

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

8. How did enslaved Blacks share messages about possible escape plans?
(a) In telegrams.
(b) In newspapers.
(c) In songs.
(d) In letters.

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

10. In the 1800s, the global demand for which product helped fuel the north American slave trade?
(a) Wool.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Steel.
(d) Oil.

11. What term does Tisby use to describe Christianity that "embraces racial and ethnic diversity" (24)?
(a) Courageous Christianity.
(b) Conscientious Chrsitianity.
(c) Complicit Christianity.
(d) Complacent Christianity.

12. Who was the first Black preacher ordained in America?
(a) Lemuel Haynes.
(b) George Liele.
(c) Jarena Lee.
(d) John Marrant.

13. According to Tisby, which of the following statements about Thomas Jefferson is NOT true?
(a) He drafted the Declaration of Independence.
(b) He was an abolitionist.
(c) He opposed racial equality.
(d) He was a slave-owner.

14. 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 offer enslaved Blacks a better life.
(d) This arrangement would "civilize" the continent of Africa.

15. Following the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, a white lawyer claimed that all white Christians bore some responsibility. What was this lawyer's name?
(a) George Whitefield.
(b) Billy Graham.
(c) Carolyn DuPont.
(d) Charles Morgan Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?

2. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?

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

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

5. Who was John Newton?

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