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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. Which group received additional rights after the Revolutionary War?
(a) White women.
(b) Black people.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) White landowners.

2. What word does Tisby use to describe white Christianity's attitude toward racism?
(a) Complicit.
(b) Combative.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Competitive.

3. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?
(a) The United Daughters of the Confederacy.
(b) The Virginia General Assembly.
(c) The Progressive National Baptist Convention.
(d) The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America.

4. Which white man married Metoaka, also known as Pocahontas?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) George Washington.
(c) John Rolfe.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first higher education institution to accept women and Black people?

2. According to Tisby, how did most enslaved Blacks respond to the rise of Christian revivalist preachers in the 1700s?

3. Which of the following is NOT a social issue the Benevolent Empire sought to address?

4. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?

5. During the early colonization of the Americas, which crop was most profitable?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

2. What evangelical Christian doctrines, outlined by Tisby in Chapter 3, can prevent these churches from taking a stance on social justice issues?

3. What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

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

5. What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?

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

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

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

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

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

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