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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tisby's statistical evidence, which modern American demographic is most likely to be religious?
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Asians.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Whites.

2. According to Tisby, what attracted most Black people to Christianity during the Colonial era?
(a) The opportunity for education.
(b) The hope of earthly liberation.
(c) The chance to win the vote.
(d) The prospect of higher wages.

3. In the 1800s, the global demand for which product helped fuel the north American slave trade?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Steel.
(c) Oil.
(d) Wool.

4. According to Tisby, how did most enslaved Blacks respond to the rise of Christian revivalist preachers in the 1700s?
(a) They rejected Christianity and refused to convert.
(b) They considered Christianity, but chose another religion.
(c) They adopted Chrsitianity and made it their own.
(d) They converted to Christianity and integrated into white churches.

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

6. 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) Carolyn DuPont.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) George Whitefield.

7. When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1782.

8. Which group received additional rights after the Revolutionary War?
(a) White women.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Black people.
(d) White landowners.

9. 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.

10. What was the term used for workers who were bound to their employer until they paid off a debt?
(a) Chattel slaves.
(b) Indentured servants.
(c) Bond slaves.
(d) Domestic servants.

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

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

13. What term does Tisby use to describe Christianity that "embraces racial and ethnic diversity" (24)?
(a) Courageous Christianity.
(b) Complacent Christianity.
(c) Complicit Christianity.
(d) Conscientious Chrsitianity.

14. At the Constitutional Convention, delegates allowed the question of slavery to be set aside for 20 years. What term has been used to describe this compromise?
(a) The Missouri compromise.
(b) The dirty compromise.
(c) The Philadelphia compromise.
(d) The three-fifths compromise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tisby, what is required to achieve "reconciliation" (15)?

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

3. Where did transatlantic ships carrying enslaved persons usually make port?

4. Which revivalist preacher used profits from slave labor to build an orphanage?

5. When was the first Black Episcopal Church established in New York City?

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