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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tisby, during which period of American history did race NOT determine a person's station in society?

2. What was the first higher education institution to accept women and Black people?

3. How many people perished during the Middle Passage?

4. What term does Tisby use to describe Christianity that "embraces racial and ethnic diversity" (24)?

5. How does Tisby perceive racism?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the concept of "hereditary heathenism," outlined by Tisby in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 4, Tisby outlines arguments that white Christians used to justify slave-ownership. What are some of these arguments?

3. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

4. Why did some white Christians hesitate to baptize enslaved people?

5. Why did Johnathan Edwards oppose the African slave-trade?

6. What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?

7. Why did some slaveowners prefer to enslave Africans rather than Native Americans, as explained by Tisby?

8. What evangelical Christian doctrines, outlined by Tisby in Chapter 3, can prevent these churches from taking a stance on social justice issues?

9. Which demographic groups benefitted most from the original Constitution?

10. What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing The Color of Compromise to information gathered during your history classes. What parts of history does Tisby address that your previous courses may have omitted? Why do you think that some history curriculums fail to discuss racism or social justice issues?

Essay Topic 2

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." How does this text reflect the attitudes of contemporary white churches? In an argumentative essay, explore whether the behavior King described in the 1960s has changed or stayed the same.

Essay Topic 3

In The Color of Compromise, Tibsy discusses the myth of "the innocence of the North." Write an essay exploring this myth and why it persists. Why do you think white Christians find it difficult to talk about racism and discrimination in the North?

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