1. Which professions were excluded from receiving Social Security?
(a) Domestic workers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Factory workers.

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

3. What was the term for the mass movement of Black people from the South?
(a) The Great Exodus.
(b) The Great Segregation.
(c) The Great Migration.
(d) The Great Division.

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

5. How many people attended the March on Washington DC for Job and Freedom?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 150,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which war allowed Britain to expand their territory in North America in the mid-1700s?

3. How did enslaved Blacks share messages about possible escape plans?

4. What statement is NOT true of Charles Grandison Finney?

5. What religious beliefs did enslaved Blacks hold upon their arrival in North America?

(see the answer key)

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