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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 group received additional rights after the Revolutionary War?

2. What statement is NOT true of Charles Grandison Finney?

3. Which white man married Metoaka, also known as Pocahontas?

4. What was the Haitian Revolution?

5. When was the first Black Episcopal Church established in New York City?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 impact of Nat Turner's rebellion?

4. What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

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

6. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?

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

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

9. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tisby draws a distinction between "complicit Christianity" and "courageous Christianity." Write a compare-and-contrast essay analyzing these terms. What is the main difference between the two concepts? How can white Christians practice "courageous Christianity"?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the long-term impact of a person mentioned in the book. How did this person affect race relations in the United States? What role did religious faith or white Christianity play in their life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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