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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. How many people died in the Civil War?
2. Who spearheaded the revival of the KKK in the early 1900s?
3. Which constitutional amendment freed all enslaved people in the United States?
4. Who was the first Black Catholic priest in the United States?
5. How did white publications like Christianity Today respond to the civil rights movement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the outcome of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka?
2. How did white churches respond to "white flight' (126)?
3. Following Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, some white parents chose to send their children to private schools. What motivated this decision?
4. What was the purpose of the Freeman's Bureau?
5. According to Tisby, what impact did the inaction of white moderate Christians have on the civil rights movement?
6. Why did many Christian fundamentalists oppose political involvement?
7. According to Tisby, how was Jesus depicted in mainstream art during the 1950s and 1960s?
8. According to Tisby, how did most white Christian moderates responds to the civil rights movement?
9. What was the "Grandfather Clause"?
10. Some historians and contemporary pundits argue that the Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery. What is Tisby's perspective?
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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