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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. Following the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, a white lawyer claimed that all white Christians bore some responsibility. What was this lawyer's name?

2. What religious beliefs did enslaved Blacks hold upon their arrival in North America?

3. When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?

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

5. Which church leader helped found The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Episcopalian diocese originally refuse to admit St. Philip's church?

2. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?

3. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

4. What decisions were made at the Baptist General Committee of Virginia in 1790?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

According to Tisby, what Biblical justifications did white Christians use to defend the institution of slavery? Why does Tisby believe their reasoning was "hypocritical"? In an exploratory essay, analyze the arguments offered by white Christians during the Civil War, along with Tisby's response.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the phrase "Black Lives Matter." Analyze Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors' decision to use this three-word phrase as the cornerstone of their movement. Why do you think this phrase received so much attention from Black citizens? Why did it spark controversy in white communities?

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