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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During World War I, what role were most Black soldiers assigned?
(a) Servants and menial laborers.
(b) Riflemen and footsoldiers.
(c) Officers and lieutenants.
(d) Medics and doctors.

2. What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
(a) It overturned the Fugitive Slave Clause.
(b) It nullified the Missouri Compromise.
(c) It tipped the balance of power in favor of slave states.
(d) It provided a legal argument against emancipation.

3. According to Tisby, what belief structure was behind the Lost Cause narrative?
(a) Fundementalism.
(b) Racial equality.
(c) Abolitionism
(d) White supremecy.

4. What year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
(a) 1772.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1781.

5. Beginning in the 1930s, many Black Americans grew disillusioned with racism in Christian churches. What religion did some Black people turn to?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Taoism.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment was imposed on free citizens who failed to assist the authorities in capturing a runaway slave?

2. According to Tisby, what text did white Christians primarily use to justify slavery?

3. Why did Linda Browns parents originally want to send her to an all-white school?

4. In Chapter 7, Tisby speaks about that the "conspicuousness of white supremacy in the south" (129). According to him, what is one side-effect of this phenomenon?

5. How did Columbus view the native inhabitants of the Americas?

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