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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 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 infallibility of the church.
(b) The serendipity of the church.
(c) The spirituality of the church.
(d) The of impartiality the church.

2. Who was Ida B .Wells?
(a) An antilynching activist.
(b) A college professor.
(c) An American politician.
(d) A Black physician.

3. When did the construction of Confederate monuments become popular?
(a) 1870-1900.
(b) 1940-1970.
(c) 1900-1920.
(d) 1920-1940.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term was used the describe the mixing of different races?

2. Which president established the Freedman's Bureau?

3. Why did Presbyterians oppose the Gardener Springs Resolutions?

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

5. What famous silent film claimed to present the story of the KKK's establishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Who were the Freedom Riders?

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

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

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

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

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