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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which northern city was chosen as the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sothern Christian Leadership Conference?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Minneapolis.

2. Why was it difficult for abolitionists to use the Bible support for their views?
(a) Their opponents referenced a different version of the Bible.
(b) The Bible did not address the morality of slave-ownership.
(c) Many abolitionists were illiterate and unable to read the Bible.
(d) Several Bible passages directly supported slave-ownership.

3. What was the term for the bloody racial conflict that gripped the South during 1919?
(a) The Red Summer.
(b) The Bleak Summer.
(c) The Summer of Death.
(d) The Summer of Ruin.

4. In Chapter 7, Tisby speaks about that the "conspicuousness of white supremacy in the south" (129). According to him, what is one side-effect of this phenomenon?
(a) It is harder for racism to be penalized in the South.
(b) It is easier for racism in other parts of the country to go unnoticed.
(c) It is easier for residents in the North to confront racism.
(d) It is harder for citizens in the South to understand history.

5. What was an octoroon?
(a) A person who was 1/8th Native American.
(b) A person who was 1/8th Hispanic.
(c) A person who was 1/8th white.
(d) A person who was 1/8th black.

6. What was the term for the mass movement of Black people from the South?
(a) The Great Exodus.
(b) The Great Migration.
(c) The Great Division.
(d) The Great Segregation.

7. What led to the split of the Methodist Episcopal Church?
(a) The church congregation disagreed on the question of segregation.
(b) The church congregation argued over a piece of political legislation.
(c) A slave-owning parishioner was excommunicated from the church.
(d) A slave-owning bishop refused to either resign or give up his slaves.

8. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Virginia .
(d) Georgia.

9. What was the result of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
(a) Private schools accepted Black students.
(b) Racial segregation was struck down by the courts.
(c) Public schools accepted Black students.
(d) Racial segregation was upheld by the courts.

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

11. Who coined the phrase, "Black Power"?
(a) Muhammed Ali.
(b) Stokey Carmichael.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Martin Luther King, Sr.

12. What was the name of the president of the National Baptist Convention, often known as the "Negro Pope"?
(a) L. Venchael Booth
(b) Rev. Joseph H. Jackson
(c) Benjamin Mays
(d) Gardner Calvin Taylor

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

14. What did Dr. George Edmund Hayes blame for the Red Summer violence?
(a) Unruly behavior from Black citizens.
(b) Unpunished lynchings committed by white citizens.
(c) Political corruption by local officials.
(d) Insufficient support from local sheriffs.

15. The Home Owners' Loan Corporation color-coded maps so mortgage lenders could assess risk. What discriminatory practice did these maps lead to?
(a) Blue-zoning.
(b) Blue-blocking.
(c) Redspotting.
(d) Redlining.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spearheaded the revival of the KKK in the early 1900s?

2. What motivated George Pepperdine to found his university?

3. Why did lynch mobs in Jim Crow regions often target Black preachers?

4. What did Sherman's Special Field Order promise black families?

5. What rights were granted by the 15th Amendment?

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