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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What incident led to the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention?
(a) The Baptist church argued that white Christians should enlist in the army.
(b) The Baptist church appointed a slave-owning preacher.
(c) The Baptist church removed Black congregants from their rosters.
(d) The Baptist church refused appoint slaveholders to office.

2. According to Tisby, what text did white Christians primarily use to justify slavery?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The US Constitution.
(d) The Book of Mormon.

3. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. see as the best prevention for riots?
(a) Social justice.
(b) Creative works.
(c) Strict laws.
(d) Higher education.

4. What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
(a) It tipped the balance of power in favor of slave states.
(b) It nullified the Missouri Compromise.
(c) It provided a legal argument against emancipation.
(d) It overturned the Fugitive Slave Clause.

5. Why was it difficult for abolitionists to use the Bible support for their views?
(a) The Bible did not address the morality of slave-ownership.
(b) Their opponents referenced a different version of the Bible.
(c) Many abolitionists were illiterate and unable to read the Bible.
(d) Several Bible passages directly supported slave-ownership.

6. What did Dr. George Edmund Hayes blame for the Red Summer violence?
(a) Political corruption by local officials.
(b) Unpunished lynchings committed by white citizens.
(c) Insufficient support from local sheriffs.
(d) Unruly behavior from Black citizens.

7. According to Tisby, what organization worked to erect Confederate monuments after the Civil War?
(a) United Daughters of the Confederacy.
(b) Preservation of the Virginia Antiquities.
(c) Colonial Dames of America.
(d) Daughters of the American Revolution.

8. What was the term for the bloody racial conflict that gripped the South during 1919?
(a) The Red Summer.
(b) The Summer of Death.
(c) The Bleak Summer.
(d) The Summer of Ruin.

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

10. What was Muhammad Ali's real name?
(a) Cassius Clay.
(b) Ronald Frye.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) James Meridith.

11. During World War I, what role were most Black soldiers assigned?
(a) Riflemen and footsoldiers.
(b) Officers and lieutenants.
(c) Medics and doctors.
(d) Servants and menial laborers.

12. What was the result of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
(a) Public schools accepted Black students.
(b) Private schools accepted Black students.
(c) Racial segregation was upheld by the courts.
(d) Racial segregation was struck down by the courts.

13. What motivated George Pepperdine to found his university?
(a) A desire to create a racially integrated school.
(b) A desire to train future politicians and leaders.
(c) A desire to omit religious teaching from the curriculum.
(d) A desire to provide students with a religious education.

14. What statement does Tisby make about President Lincoln?
(a) He was a slave-owner.
(b) He was a passionate abolitionist.
(c) He was not in favor of racial equality.
(d) He was an effective leader.

15. What famous silent film claimed to present the story of the KKK's establishment?
(a) The Birth of a Nation.
(b) The Fugitive.
(c) A Corner in Wheat.
(d) Broken Blossoms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which president established the Freedman's Bureau?

2. According to James Henley Thornwell, "The church can merely assert what the bible teaches, and must remain silent on that which the bible is silent" (85). What is the name of this doctrine?

3. What punishment was imposed on free citizens who failed to assist the authorities in capturing a runaway slave?

4. How did white publications like Christianity Today respond to the civil rights movement?

5. The Home Owners' Loan Corporation color-coded maps so mortgage lenders could assess risk. What discriminatory practice did these maps lead to?

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