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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 was the result of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
2. According to Tisby, what text did white Christians primarily use to justify slavery?
3. What was the term for the bloody racial conflict that gripped the South during 1919?
4. Following the Civil War, what part of the U.S. had the largest number of Catholics?
5. How many Black people served in the U.S. armed forces during World War I?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did white churches respond to "white flight' (126)?
2. Following Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, some white parents chose to send their children to private schools. What motivated this decision?
3. What is the "social gospel," as outlined in Chapter 7?
4. Some historians and contemporary pundits argue that the Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery. What is Tisby's perspective?
5. In Chapter 8, Tisby discusses several parts of Martin Luther King Jr.'s platform that were considered controversial among white moderate Christians. Which of his beliefs did white moderates often find objectionable?
6. How did white Christians use the "curse of Ham" (82) passage to justify slavery?
7. What was the outcome of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka?
8. What happened in the Watts neighborhood of LA in 1965?
9. According to Tisby, what impact did the inaction of white moderate Christians have on the civil rights movement?
10. According to Tisby, what is the primary difference between biblical slavery and chattel slavery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose an individual who had a significant impact on race relationships with American churches. Write an essay exploring this person's historical significance. Did this person have more influence than their contemporaries? If so, why?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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