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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?
(a) The father's religion.
(b) The mother's religion.
(c) The mother's slave status.
(d) The father's slave status.

3. Who was John Newton?
(a) A pastor and politician.
(b) A priest and slave-trader.
(c) An emancipated slave.
(d) A foreign missionary.

4. 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 was a slave-owner.
(d) He opposed racial equality.

5. What was the term used for the religious movement that emphasized a personal encounter with God?
(a) The Great Awakening.
(b) The Protestant Revival.
(c) The Triumph of Evangelism.
(d) The Rise of Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war allowed Britain to expand their territory in North America in the mid-1700s?

2. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?

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

4. In Chapter 1, Beverly Daniel Tatum defines racism as a combination of "prejudice" and another factor. What is the second factor?

5. Which group received additional rights after the Revolutionary War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the impact of Nat Turner's rebellion?

2. What was the concept of "hereditary heathenism," outlined by Tisby in Chapter 2?

3. Concerning slavery, what was meant by the term "natural increase" (33)?

4. Why did some slaveowners prefer to enslave Africans rather than Native Americans, as explained by Tisby?

5. Why did Johnathan Edwards oppose the African slave-trade?

6. Many white Christians believe that individual conversation and a spiritual awakening will naturally lead to racial equality. What is Tisby's perspective?

7. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

8. Why did the Episcopalian diocese originally refuse to admit St. Philip's church?

9. What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?

10. What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

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