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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 professions were excluded from receiving Social Security?

2. According to Tisby, in what organization did MLK start his activist career?

3. How many people died in the Civil War?

4. Beginning in the 1930s, many Black Americans grew disillusioned with racism in Christian churches. What religion did some Black people turn to?

5. What word did white Southerners use to describe their attempt to regain power after the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did many Christian fundamentalists oppose political involvement?

2. How did white churches respond to "white flight' (126)?

3. According to Tisby, how did most white Christian moderates responds to the civil rights movement?

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

5. What was the effect of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC)?

6. Who were the Freedom Riders?

7. What were "sundown towns"?

8. According to Tisby, what is the primary difference between biblical slavery and chattel slavery?

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

10. What is the "social gospel," as outlined in Chapter 7?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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