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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. How many people died in the Civil War?
(a) 650-850,000.
(b) 200-400,000.
(c) 400-500,000.
(d) 500-650,000.

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

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

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

5. According to Tisby, what belief structure was behind the Lost Cause narrative?
(a) Racial equality.
(b) White supremecy.
(c) Abolitionism
(d) Fundementalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Linda Browns parents originally want to send her to an all-white school?

2. Following the Civil War, what part of the U.S. had the largest number of Catholics?

3. Who coined the phrase, "Black Power"?

4. Which book of the Bible contains the "Curse of Ham" (82) passage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Tisby argues that white moderates during the civil rights movement failed to understand something about racism. What does he believe they missed?

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

3. What was the "separate but equal" doctrine (133)?

4. According to Tisby, how did most white Christian moderates responds to the civil rights movement?

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

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

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

8. After World War II, the government introduced the GI bill to help returning soldiers. How did the treatment of Black and white veterans differ?

9. What was one domestic outcome of Black involvement in the armed forces during World War I?

10. What was the effect of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC)?

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