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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. When did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom's Cabin?
2. What name was Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi given when he was released from slavery?
3. The author indicates that at the time the book was written, Federal data shows that the median wealth of White households is how many more times the median wealth of Black households?
4. Who wrote The Selling of Joseph?
5. What abolitionist Quaker pointed to Black exhibits from his Providence school as proof of equality in the races?
Short Essay Questions
1. Define the three sides of the racial debate, according to the author.
2. What was decreed by the first Naturalization Act of 1790?
3. What influence did Aristotle have on the views of the Puritans regarding slavery?
4. What is climate theory?
5. What events led to the development of the #Black Lives Matter movement? What impact has the movement had?
6. Discuss the ironies of the Declaration of Independence.
7. Why is it important to the author that the reader know this book is not a history of racial progress?
8. When did the Haitian Revolution take place and what was the outcome of the revolution?
9. How does the author define prejudice?
10. What is polygenism? How did it promote racism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the life, career, and work of W. E. B. Du Bois. When and where was Du Bois born? What views and ideals did Du Bois embrace early in his career? How did those ideals change over the course of his life? Why did they change? What are the successes and failures of Du Bois?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the ideals and beliefs of the segregationists, assimilationists, and antiracists. What are examples of followers of each of these beliefs in history? How are these different viewpoints exposed in light of the ongoing debate over police shootings today?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the life, career, and works of Angela Davis. When and where was Davis born? How did this setting influence Davis's later life and career? What were the inciting moments that motivated Davis as an activist?
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