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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. Where was Rekia Boyd fatally shot?

2. Who was Sarah Baartman's South African master?

3. In the concept of uplift suasion, the responsibility for race relations is placed upon whom, according to the author?

4. When did Thomas Jefferson's father die?

5. Who is referred to in Chapter 11 as "That rare segregationist who rejected polygenesis," believing "that all humans descended from Europe's Garden of Eden" (138)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Phillis Wheatly and why is she important in American history?

2. What is Carl Linnaeus's significance in racial history?

3. What was dictated in the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

4. How did the invention of the cotton gin impact slavery?

5. How does the author define prejudice?

6. Who was Peter Paul Simons and what did he contribute to the racial debate?

7. What was the Enlightenment?

8. What is climate theory?

9. When and where did Nat Turner's Rebellion take place? What were its impacts?

10. When did the Haitian Revolution take place and what was the outcome of the revolution?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the views on slavery and its practices in the Medieval ages in Europe and Africa. What were Muslim views on slavery? What influenced these views? When were the first African slaves brought to Europe?

Essay Topic 2

What were the impacts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What backlash came with the act? How did the act influence the Black vote? What powers were given to enforce the act?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Aristotle's views on slavery and race. What shaped Aristotle's views? How did Aristototle's views influence others throughout history? What influence do they have still today?

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