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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 punishment was imposed on free citizens who failed to assist the authorities in capturing a runaway slave?

2. Which professions were excluded from receiving Social Security?

3. According to Tisby, what kind of organization is the KKK?

4. What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

5. What was the nickname for the state of Kansas during the years leading up to the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was one domestic outcome of Black involvement in the armed forces during World War I?

2. In Chapter 5, Tisby argues that slavery was both a religious and civil issue. How was slavery a religious issue?

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

4. Why did many Christian fundamentalists oppose political involvement?

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

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

7. What was the "separate but equal" doctrine (133)?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." How does this text reflect the attitudes of contemporary white churches? In an argumentative essay, explore whether the behavior King described in the 1960s has changed or stayed the same.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay exploring how Tisby's personal religious background may affect the content of his book. How does his Christianity affect his core message? How might the book have been different if it were written by a secular author? In your view, does Tisby's religious background strengthen his message or weaken it?

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