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

2. How did white publications like Christianity Today respond to the civil rights movement?
(a) They openly opposed the movement and urged readers to do the same.
(b) They publicly supported the movement and published favorable articles.
(c) They remained silent and refused to endorse the movement.
(d) They publicly opposed the movement, but donated money to the cause.

3. According to Tisby, what text did white Christians primarily use to justify slavery?
(a) The Book of Mormon.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The US Constitution.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the result of Plessy vs. Ferguson?

3. What was the term for the system that allowed Southern states to "hire out" prisoners to private companies?

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

5. What year did Martin Luther King, Jr. write "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of the Freeman's Bureau?

2. In Chapter 6, Tisby discusses the "Lost Cause" narrative. How did this narrative view white Southerners living in pre-Civil War communities?

3. How did white Christians use the "curse of Ham" (82) passage to justify slavery?

4. What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

5. How did many white moderates in the 1960s believe that racism should be addressed?

6. According to Tisby, how was Jesus depicted in mainstream art during the 1950s and 1960s?

7. What happened in the Watts neighborhood of LA in 1965?

8. According to Tisby, what impact did the inaction of white moderate Christians have on the civil rights movement?

9. In Chapter 5, Tisby argues that slavery was both a religious and civil issue. How was slavery a religious issue?

10. Following Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, some white parents chose to send their children to private schools. What motivated this decision?

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