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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia .
(c) North Carolina.
(d) South Carolina.

2. What led to the split of the Methodist Episcopal Church?
(a) The church congregation disagreed on the question of segregation.
(b) The church congregation argued over a piece of political legislation.
(c) A slave-owning parishioner was excommunicated from the church.
(d) A slave-owning bishop refused to either resign or give up his slaves.

3. What term was used the describe the mixing of different races?
(a) Revitalization.
(b) Mongrelization.
(c) Acclimatization.
(d) Regionalization.

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

5. Why did Presbyterians oppose the Gardener Springs Resolutions?
(a) They believed it was wrong for Black people to seek admittance into white congregations.
(b) They believed it was wrong for the church to pledge loyalty to any one political system.
(c) They believed it was wrong for Christians to support slave-owning or segregated policies.
(d) They believed it was wrong for preachers to develop their own sermons and speeches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first higher education institution to accept women and Black people?

2. How did "paternalist" (66) white Christians view Black people?

3. How does Tisby view the U.S. Constitution?

4. What famous silent film claimed to present the story of the KKK's establishment?

5. What did Sherman's Special Field Order promise black families?

(see the answer key)

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