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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 famous silent film claimed to present the story of the KKK's establishment?
(a) A Corner in Wheat.
(b) The Birth of a Nation.
(c) The Fugitive.
(d) Broken Blossoms.

2. How many people attended the March on Washington DC for Job and Freedom?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 200,000.

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

4. What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
(a) It overturned the Fugitive Slave Clause.
(b) It nullified the Missouri Compromise.
(c) It tipped the balance of power in favor of slave states.
(d) It provided a legal argument against emancipation.

5. What was the name of the president of the National Baptist Convention, often known as the "Negro Pope"?
(a) Rev. Joseph H. Jackson
(b) Benjamin Mays
(c) L. Venchael Booth
(d) Gardner Calvin Taylor

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the construction of Confederate monuments become popular?

2. 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?

3. According to Tisby, what kind of organization is the KKK?

4. What was the outcome of the Methodist General Conference of 1808?

5. What was the name of the group who fought for the rights of Black people in the Reconstruction Era?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the "Grandfather Clause"?

2. In Chapter 8, Tisby discusses several parts of Martin Luther King Jr.'s platform that were considered controversial among white moderate Christians. Which of his beliefs did white moderates often find objectionable?

3. What was the outcome of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka?

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

5. Why did many Christian fundamentalists oppose political involvement?

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

7. According to Tisby, what were some of the "radical" messages Martin Luther King, Jr. supported?

8. Following the Scopes Trial of 1925, what did many white Christians fear?

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

10. Who were the Freedom Riders?

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