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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tisby, what organization worked to erect Confederate monuments after the Civil War?
(a) United Daughters of the Confederacy.
(b) Preservation of the Virginia Antiquities.
(c) Daughters of the American Revolution.
(d) Colonial Dames of America.

2. What was the most common cause of death in the Civil War?
(a) Disease.
(b) Blood loss.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Dehydration.

3. How did Joseph H. Jackson view Martin Luther King, Jr.'s activities during the civil rights movement?
(a) He considered King a "hoodlum."
(b) He considered King a "hero."
(c) He considered King a "pioneer."
(d) He considered King a "misguided soul."

4. Who was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK?
(a) William Joseph Simmons.
(b) James A. Colescott.
(c) Samuel Green.
(d) Nathan Bedford Forest.

5. Why did lynch mobs in Jim Crow regions often target Black preachers?
(a) Preachers had joined an organization designed to stop segregation
(b) Preachers had considerable influence in Black communities.
(c) Preachers had publicly confronted former slaver-owners.
(d) Preachers had refused to get involved in political matters.

6. What motivated George Pepperdine to found his university?
(a) A desire to provide students with a religious education.
(b) A desire to create a racially integrated school.
(c) A desire to train future politicians and leaders.
(d) A desire to omit religious teaching from the curriculum.

7. According to Tisby, what political system was believed to be associated with the civil rights movement?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Authoritarianism.

8. Why did Presbyterians oppose the Gardener Springs Resolutions?
(a) They believed it was wrong for Black people to seek admittance into white congregations.
(b) They believed it was wrong for the church to pledge loyalty to any one political system.
(c) They believed it was wrong for preachers to develop their own sermons and speeches.
(d) They believed it was wrong for Christians to support slave-owning or segregated policies.

9. What was the term for the system that allowed Southern states to "hire out" prisoners to private companies?
(a) Indentured servitude.
(b) Convict-leasing.
(c) Chattel slavery.
(d) Prisoner-rental.

10. What was the practice of blockbusting?
(a) Local organization banded together to harass Black residents who tried to move in.
(b) Salespeople used racial fears to persuade white buyers to sell their homes at a loss.
(c) Local residents in white communities refused to sell their homes to Black buyers.
(d) Salespeople charged lower prices when selling homes to Black buyers.

11. What was the term for the system of laws and customs used to control Black people after the Civil War?
(a) Freedom acts.
(b) Chattel laws.
(c) Jim Crow laws.
(d) Slave codes.

12. What was a primary goal of "Redeemers" (97)?
(a) To enforce segregation laws.
(b) To promote racial equality.
(c) To provide Black citizens with land.
(d) To stop Black people from voting.

13. According to Tisby, in what organization did MLK start his activist career?
(a) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(b) The Montgomery Improvement Society.
(c) Regional Council of Negro Leadership.
(d) Fellowship of Reconciliation.

14. What statement does Tisby make about President Lincoln?
(a) He was an effective leader.
(b) He was not in favor of racial equality.
(c) He was a slave-owner.
(d) He was a passionate abolitionist.

15. What term was used the describe the mixing of different races?
(a) Acclimatization.
(b) Revitalization.
(c) Mongrelization.
(d) Regionalization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a side effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?

2. What was the term for the mass movement of Black people from the South?

3. During World War I, what role were most Black soldiers assigned?

4. What incident led to the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention?

5. What was Muhammad Ali's real name?

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