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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. The Dunning School of thinkers believed that what element had been the cause of Reconstruction's failure?
(a) The innate differences of black people.
(b) The effects of malnutrition.
(c) The constant stream of negative propaganda.
(d) The effects of slavery.

2. When William Lloyd Garrison burned a copy of the U.S. Constitution, what other object did he burn as well?
(a) A copy of the Declaration of Independence.
(b) A yoke for oxen.
(c) A set of stocks.
(d) A copy of the Fugitive Slave Law.

3. What role did Gates serve in the creation of the PBS series about the period of Reconstruction?
(a) Guest speaker.
(b) Writer.
(c) Producer.
(d) Host.

4. What is the term for the "rock-bottom lowest point in American race relations" (9) during a particular era?
(a) A nadir.
(b) A fakir.
(c) A fatwa.
(d) A fadir.

5. How many African Americans attended the parade and mock funeral for slavery held in a particular city in 1865?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which institution of higher learning hired the polygenesis proponent named Louis Agassiz in 1846?

2. The film entitled The Birth of a Nation was released in what year?

3. From which two Greek words did the term eugenics spring?

4. How long was the period of Reconstruction in the United States?

5. In what year does Gates say the New Negro movement began?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Gates draw a parallel between Reconstruction and a particular modern event?

2. Discuss one disease identified within Samuel Cartwright's 1851 publication entitled "Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race" within De Bow's Review.

3. Discuss the cause of a particular disease Cartwright defined and his suggested treatment.

4. What is the significance of the years 1865 through 1877?

5. To what modern event does Gates connect the period of Redemption and why?

6. To what source did proponents of monogenesis turn for justification for their theory?

7. How did the institution of slavery make contact with the western part of North America?

8. How did Louis Agassiz's views change over time and why is that change significant?

9. What two events does Gate use in order to mark the beginning and climax of the Redemption era?

10. Describe the monogenecists' two different explanations for the dark color of African Americans' skin.

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