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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. What did Dr. George Edmund Hayes blame for the Red Summer violence?

2. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

3. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. see as the best prevention for riots?

4. What was a side effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?

5. What did Sherman's Special Field Order promise black families?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the outcome of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka?

2. After World War II, the government introduced the GI bill to help returning soldiers. How did the treatment of Black and white veterans differ?

3. What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

4. What was Theodore Bilbo's opinion on racial intermixing?

5. How did white Christians use the "curse of Ham" (82) passage to justify slavery?

6. According to Tisby, how was Jesus depicted in mainstream art during the 1950s and 1960s?

7. According to Tisby, what were some of the "radical" messages Martin Luther King, Jr. supported?

8. What was the purpose of the Freeman's Bureau?

9. What happened in the Watts neighborhood of LA in 1965?

10. Following the Scopes Trial of 1925, what did many white Christians fear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay detailing three actions white churches can take to promote equality in their parish. What can churches do to fight racism and discrimination? What challenges might churches face as they make these changes?

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

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?

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