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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. Which church leader helped found The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG)?
2. In Chapter 1, Beverly Daniel Tatum defines racism as a combination of "prejudice" and another factor. What is the second factor?
3. How does Tisby view the U.S. Constitution?
4. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?
5. What word does Tisby use to describe white Christianity's attitude toward racism?
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. In Chapter 4, Tisby outlines arguments that white Christians used to justify slave-ownership. What are some of these arguments?
3. Which demographic groups benefitted most from the original Constitution?
4. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?
5. Why did Johnathan Edwards oppose the African slave-trade?
6. What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?
7. What was the impact of Nat Turner's rebellion?
8. Why did some white Christians hesitate to baptize enslaved people?
9. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
10. Why did the Episcopalian diocese originally refuse to admit St. Philip's church?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which president had had the greatest effect on racism in the American church? Write an essay explaining your opinion. Use specific examples from The Color of Compromise to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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