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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. In the 1800s, the global demand for which product helped fuel the north American slave trade?
2. What year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
3. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?
4. Who was John Newton?
5. Which English philosopher's work influenced the Declaration of Independence?
Short Essay Questions
1. Many white Christians believe that individual conversation and a spiritual awakening will naturally lead to racial equality. What is Tisby's perspective?
2. Why did some slaveowners prefer to enslave Africans rather than Native Americans, as explained by Tisby?
3. What decisions were made at the Baptist General Committee of Virginia in 1790?
4. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
5. Why did the Episcopalian diocese originally refuse to admit St. Philip's church?
6. In Chapter 4, Tisby outlines arguments that white Christians used to justify slave-ownership. What are some of these arguments?
7. Why did some white Christians hesitate to baptize enslaved people?
8. What evangelical Christian doctrines, outlined by Tisby in Chapter 3, can prevent these churches from taking a stance on social justice issues?
9. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?
10. Concerning slavery, what was meant by the term "natural increase" (33)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some white Christian groups have been resistant to join the Black Lives Matter movement. What can activists do to promote change within racially segregated religious communities? Write an essay exploring Tisby's recommendations and how they can be effectively implemented.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the legacy of Jim Crow laws and how they continue to affect modern American churches. Use specific examples from The Color of Compromise to support your arguments.
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