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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. Who was the first black U.S. senator?
2. What motivated George Pepperdine to found his university?
3. Who gave the Cornerstone Speech?
4. What was the result of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
5. What did Dr. George Edmund Hayes blame for the Red Summer violence?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Martin Luther King, Jr. was jailed following a protest in Birmingham, eight white clergymen wrote to him. What did they ask him to do?
2. 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?
3. According to Tisby, why did many white Christian moderates support a "law and order" (142) approach over the civil rights movement?
4. How did white churches respond to "white flight' (126)?
5. What was the effect of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC)?
6. What was one domestic outcome of Black involvement in the armed forces during World War I?
7. What is the "social gospel," as outlined in Chapter 7?
8. What happened in the Watts neighborhood of LA in 1965?
9. What was Theodore Bilbo's opinion on racial intermixing?
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
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
The killing of George Floyd in May 2020 ignited a wave of protests across the United States. What outcomes do you expect from these protests? Do you believe that large-scale changes will follow? Use examples from The Color of Compromise to support your position.
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