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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. Which conflict happened during Abraham Lincoln's presidency?
2. What phrase did Carmichael introduce into the movement for Black equal rights?
3. Which Supreme Court case ruled that school segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
4. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe Booker T. Washington?
5. What state was Barry Goldwater a senator from?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was the most famous Black man in America in the early 1900s, and what did he symbolize to Black people?
2. Which film did President Woodrow Wilson screen at the White House, and how did it portray Black people?
3. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is the most effective piece of antiracist legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress?
4. What did the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 rule?
5. What new ideas did W.E.B. Du Bois embrace later in his life in Chapter 19?
6. According to Reynolds and Kendi, what was a drawback of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
7. According to Reynolds and Kendi, how did Roosevelt's New Deal affect Black people?
8. How do Reynolds and Kendi explain the reasons behind Abraham Lincoln's early calls for ending slavery?
9. What is one major change that Stokely Carmichael brought into the antiracist fight?
10. How did the media treat Malcolm X's death, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do Reynolds and Kendi classify Gomes Eanes de Zurara as the world's first racist? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why do Reynolds and Kendi refer to Abraham Lincoln as Complicated Abe, especially as this name relates to Lincoln's policies regarding Blacks and slavery? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What did Cotton Mather believe was the sole mission of slavery, and how did the public at the time react to this view? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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