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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did Stokely Carmichael first come to the United States?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1945.
2. Where did Angela Davis begin teaching in 1968?
(a) Northwestern University.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) University of California Los Angeles.
(d) University of Ohio.
3. Who did W.E.B. Du Bois give credit to in his graduation speech at Harvard?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.
4. Who do Reynolds and Kendi argue was responsible for emancipating Black people?
(a) Black people.
(b) James Madison.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.
5. What terrible event resulted in the deaths of four Black children in Birmingham in 1963?
(a) A rally with guns held by White supremacists.
(b) The bombing of a church by White supremacists.
(c) A car crash caused by White supremacists.
(d) A burning of a Black apartment building by White supremacists.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
2. Who did Du Bois ask to come speak at Atlanta University, where he was teaching, in 1906?
3. Which white boxer did some Whites have hope would beat the best boxer in America in the early 1900s, who was Black?
4. What is Tarzan's original name in the novel?
5. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is interesting about the Brown v. Board of Education case that is rarely discussed?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was involved in organizing the 1963 March on Washington?
2. What happened to many slaves who fled from the South to the North to join the Union army during the Civil War?
3. Who was the most famous Black man in America in the early 1900s, and what did he symbolize to Black people?
4. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is the most effective piece of antiracist legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress?
5. What do Reynolds and Kendi say that W.E.B. Du Bois was the "king" of (118)?
6. How do Reynolds and Kendi explain the reasons behind Abraham Lincoln's early calls for ending slavery?
7. How did Angela Davis feel about the teachings of Malcolm X?
8. What were some of President Andrew Johnson's influences on race relations in America?
9. What was the first legislation that Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted passed following President John F. Kennedy's assassination?
10. Which politician did Richard Nixon model his run for the presidency from, and why?
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