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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the term for the system that allowed Southern states to "hire out" prisoners to private companies?
(a) Prisoner-rental.
(b) Convict-leasing.
(c) Chattel slavery.
(d) Indentured servitude.

2. How did Columbus view the native inhabitants of the Americas?
(a) As fellow citizens.
(b) As spiritual equals.
(c) As potential slaves.
(d) As skilled laborers.

3. Who was the first Black Catholic priest in the United States?
(a) Clarence Rivers.
(b) Joseph M. Davis.
(c) Daniel Rudd.
(d) Augustus Tolton.

4. What did Dr. George Edmund Hayes blame for the Red Summer violence?
(a) Unpunished lynchings committed by white citizens.
(b) Unruly behavior from Black citizens.
(c) Insufficient support from local sheriffs.
(d) Political corruption by local officials.

5. Why did lynch mobs in Jim Crow regions often target Black preachers?
(a) Preachers had publicly confronted former slaver-owners.
(b) Preachers had refused to get involved in political matters.
(c) Preachers had joined an organization designed to stop segregation
(d) Preachers had considerable influence in Black communities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Martin Luther King, Jr. write "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

2. Where did Emmett Till's murder occur?

3. Which church leader helped found The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG)?

4. How does Tisby perceive racism?

5. Who was the first Black preacher ordained in America?

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