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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 religious beliefs did enslaved Blacks hold upon their arrival in North America?
(a) They had no religious beliefs of their own.
(b) They practiced indigenous religions native to Africa.
(c) They were primarily Jewish and Islamic.
(d) They had already converted to the Christian faith.

2. How does Tisby categorize his book, The Color of Compromise?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Historical nonfiction.
(c) Biography.
(d) Historical survey.

3. Why was the antislavery clause removed from the Declaration of Independence?
(a) States that outlawed slavery launched a letter-writing campaign.
(b) States that opposed the slave trade offended the Founding Fathers.
(c) States that profited from the slave trade objected to its inclusion.
(d) States that supported the slave trade won a Congressional vote.

4. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?
(a) The United Daughters of the Confederacy.
(b) The Progressive National Baptist Convention.
(c) The Virginia General Assembly.
(d) The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. When did the construction of Confederate monuments become popular?

5. What was the Haitian Revolution?

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