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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 piece of legislation prohibited Black people from gathering without white supervision?
2. What year did the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing occur?
3. Which English philosopher's work influenced the Declaration of Independence?
4. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?
5. What usually happened to enslaved people who were caught trying to escape?
Short Essay Questions
1. What evangelical Christian doctrines, outlined by Tisby in Chapter 3, can prevent these churches from taking a stance on social justice issues?
2. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
3. What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?
4. Why did Johnathan Edwards oppose the African slave-trade?
5. Many white Christians believe that individual conversation and a spiritual awakening will naturally lead to racial equality. What is Tisby's perspective?
6. Which demographic groups benefitted most from the original Constitution?
7. What was the impact of Nat Turner's rebellion?
8. Why did the Episcopalian diocese originally refuse to admit St. Philip's church?
9. Concerning slavery, what was meant by the term "natural increase" (33)?
10. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?
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
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
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?
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