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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What incident led to the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention?
(a) The Baptist church refused appoint slaveholders to office.
(b) The Baptist church appointed a slave-owning preacher.
(c) The Baptist church removed Black congregants from their rosters.
(d) The Baptist church argued that white Christians should enlist in the army.

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

3. During World War I, what role were most Black soldiers assigned?
(a) Medics and doctors.
(b) Servants and menial laborers.
(c) Officers and lieutenants.
(d) Riflemen and footsoldiers.

4. 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) Several Bible passages directly supported slave-ownership.
(c) Many abolitionists were illiterate and unable to read the Bible.
(d) The Bible did not address the morality of slave-ownership.

5. Beginning in the 1930s, many Black Americans grew disillusioned with racism in Christian churches. What religion did some Black people turn to?
(a) Taoism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Judaism.

6. What was the term used for the "the "massive migration of whites to the suburbs" (126) to escape racial integration?
(a) White flight.
(b) White might.
(c) White light.
(d) White fright.

7. What was Muhammad Ali's real name?
(a) Cassius Clay.
(b) Ronald Frye.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) James Meridith.

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

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

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

11. Following the Civil War, what part of the U.S. had the largest number of Catholics?
(a) The South.
(b) The West Coast.
(c) The East Coast.
(d) The Midwest.

12. What impact did the Great Depression have on Christian churches?
(a) It overwhelmed their aid programs and they ran out of resources.
(b) It increased their congregations and led to new conversations.
(c) It drove people away from Christianity and depleted their numbers.
(d) It inspired their parishioners to start additional missionary programs.

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

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

15. According to Tisby, what kind of organization is the KKK?
(a) A Republican organization.
(b) A Jewish organization.
(c) A Christian organization.
(d) A Democratic organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the outcome of the Methodist General Conference of 1808?

2. What was the term for the system of laws and customs used to control Black people after the Civil War?

3. What led to the split of the Methodist Episcopal Church?

4. How many people attended the March on Washington DC for Job and Freedom?

5. Who gave the Cornerstone Speech?

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