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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which war allowed Britain to expand their territory in North America in the mid-1700s?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The War of Spanish Succession.
(c) The Anglo-Spanish War.
(d) The French and Indian War.

2. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?
(a) Soujourner Truth.
(b) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Hannah Crafts.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

3. Which revivalist preacher used profits from slave labor to build an orphanage?
(a) Richard Allen.
(b) George Whitefield.
(c) Solomon Stoddard.
(d) Jonathan Edwards.

4. Which activist claimed that, "There can be no deep disappointment without deep love" (19)?
(a) Ida B. Wells.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. What was the term used for the religious movement that emphasized a personal encounter with God?
(a) The Triumph of Evangelism.
(b) The Protestant Revival.
(c) The Rise of Christianity.
(d) The Great Awakening.

6. Which English philosopher's work influenced the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Immanuel Kent.
(d) John Locke.

7. In Chapter 1, Beverly Daniel Tatum defines racism as a combination of "prejudice" and another factor. What is the second factor?
(a) Planning.
(b) Power.
(c) Ethnicity.
(d) Bigotry.

8. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1791.

9. Following the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, a white lawyer claimed that all white Christians bore some responsibility. What was this lawyer's name?
(a) Charles Morgan Jr.
(b) George Whitefield.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) Carolyn DuPont.

10. What was the Haitian Revolution?
(a) A rebellion of indentured servants against their employers.
(b) A rebellion of native Haitians against the English.
(c) A rebellion of the English against the French.
(d) A rebellion of enslaved people against their owners.

11. According to Tisby, which of the following statements about Thomas Jefferson is NOT true?
(a) He was a slave-owner.
(b) He opposed racial equality.
(c) He drafted the Declaration of Independence.
(d) He was an abolitionist.

12. How did "paternalist" (66) white Christians view Black people?
(a) As helpless and ignorant children.
(b) As dangerous and threatening criminals.
(c) As legal and soacial equals.
(d) As brothers and sisters in spirituality.

13. When was the first Black Episcopal Church established in New York City?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1784.

14. According to Tisby, when did Christianity arrive in Africa?
(a) The 1st-2nd century.
(b) The 5th-6th century.
(c) The 3rd-4th century.
(d) The 7th-8th century.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term for secret places where enslaved Blacks met to worship?

2. According to Tisby's statistical evidence, which modern American demographic is most likely to be religious?

3. Which white man married Metoaka, also known as Pocahontas?

4. Which of the following is NOT a social issue the Benevolent Empire sought to address?

5. What usually happened to enslaved people who were caught trying to escape?

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