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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new technology did members of the AASS rely on to spread abolitionist messages in 1835?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The telegram.
(c) The typewriter.
(d) The printing press.

2. When did Cotton Mather die?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1728.

3. What difficulty did Cotton Mather have?
(a) Blindness.
(b) A stutter.
(c) A limp.
(d) A disfigured face.

4. Which country became the Eastern Hemisphere's symbol of freedom following a slave rebellion there in the late 1700s?
(a) Brazil.
(b) America.
(c) Haiti.
(d) England.

5. How was the world's first racist's book received by the public?
(a) It was only sold to churches.
(b) It was only sold to schools.
(c) It hardly sold any copies.
(d) It was a bestseller.

6. What did the Climate Theory say about Africans?
(a) They would only be able to work in places with similar climates to where they grew up.
(b) They were savages because of the hot weather where they came from.
(c) They were redeemable because of the churches in their homelands.
(d) They were savages because of the cold climate they came from.

7. Why did plantation owners show little interest in religiously converting slaves?
(a) They did not like Puritanism.
(b) They did not want slaves to be able to read the Bible.
(c) They did not much care for religion themselves.
(d) They were only interested in slaves to make more money.

8. Who do Reynolds and Kendi refer to as The Great Contradictor?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Marshall Mathers.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

9. How did the world's first racist depict Africans in his book, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
(a) As people who were physically well-suited for work.
(b) As savages that needed training.
(c) As lost souls who could be rehabilitated.
(d) As lazy people who needed to be instilled with a better work ethic.

10. What state was admitted to the Union in 1820 as a free state?
(a) Maine.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Vermont.

11. What publication did William Lloyd Garrison often use as an antiracist sounding board?
(a) The Harlot.
(b) The Liberator.
(c) The Crisis.
(d) The Gentry.

12. When did Thomas Jefferson die?
(a) July 2, 1850.
(b) July 4, 1826.
(c) July 4, 1890.
(d) May 8, 1843.

13. What book did Cotton Mather write?
(a) Memorable Providence, Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions.
(b) On the Witchcraftery Next Door.
(c) How to Tell a Witch From a Woman.
(d) Witch Handbook.

14. What happened with the question of admitting Missouri as a state in the U.S. in the early 1800s?
(a) Missouri was admitted to the South as a free state in the early 1800s.
(b) Missouri was admitted to the South as a slave state in the early 1800s.
(c) Missouri was admitted to the U.S. as a slave state in the North, or Union.
(d) Missouri was not admitted to the U.S. as a state at all in the early 1800s.

15. Where did Jefferson move in 1884?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

2. Which formerly enslaved woman wrote an antislavery book?

3. According to Kendi, what do antiracists believe?

4. What did Gabriel and Nancy Prosser do as explained in Chapter 10?

5. How old was Thomas Jefferson in 1776?

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