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

2. 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.

3. How many Black people served in the U.S. armed forces during World War I?
(a) About 350,000.
(b) About 300,000.
(c) About 200,000.
(d) About 250,000.

4. According to James Henley Thornwell, "The church can merely assert what the bible teaches, and must remain silent on that which the bible is silent" (85). What is the name of this doctrine?
(a) The spirituality of the church.
(b) The serendipity of the church.
(c) The of impartiality the church.
(d) The infallibility of the church.

5. What was the term for the mass movement of Black people from the South?
(a) The Great Exodus.
(b) The Great Segregation.
(c) The Great Division.
(d) The Great Migration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the impact of the Dred Scott Decision?

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

4. What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

5. During World War I, what role were most Black soldiers assigned?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Tisby, what is the primary difference between biblical slavery and chattel slavery?

2. What is the "social gospel," as outlined in Chapter 7?

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

4. When Martin Luther King, Jr. was jailed following a protest in Birmingham, eight white clergymen wrote to him. What did they ask him to do?

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

6. How did white churches respond to "white flight' (126)?

7. 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?

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 happened in the Watts neighborhood of LA in 1965?

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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