Reconstruction and Its Aftermath
What are the three Reconstruction Amendments?
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
What 1896 Supreme Court case upheld segregation under “separate but equal”?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk and introduced concepts like “double consciousness”?
W.E.B. Du Bois.
What was the Great Migration?
The movement of over 6 million African Americans from the South to the North and West from 1910–1970.
Who is the Greek god of war and son of Zeus and Hera?
Ares
What were Black Codes designed to do after the Civil War?
Restrict freedoms and maintain white supremacy by controlling African Americans’ labor and behavior.
What is the term for the period of extreme racial violence and oppression following Reconstruction?
The Nadir.
What was Booker T. Washington’s stance on Black advancement?
Emphasized vocational training and gradual social advancement.
Harlem Renaissance
What is the national animal of Scotland
Unicorn
What was the name of the federal agency that helped formerly enslaved people after the Civil War?
Freedmen's Bureau.
What were three common methods used to disenfranchise Black voters?
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses.
What 1905 organization challenged Booker T. Washington’s ideas?
The Niagara Movement.
What were the main causes of the Great Migration?
Escaping Jim Crow, seeking jobs, racial violence, and environmental disasters.
What year did Mr. Farmer graduate high school?
2019
What event marked the end of Reconstruction?
The Compromise of 1877
Who was the journalist and anti-lynching activist that brought national attention to mob violence?
Ida B. Wells.
Who was a key figure in promoting Negro History Week?
Carter G. Woodson.
What term describes the blending of African and Western religious traditions?
Religious syncretism.
What is the name of the character Steve Carrel plays in "The Office"?
Michael Scott
What did General Sherman promise to freed Black families that was later revoked?
“40 Acres and a Mule.”
What was convict leasing and how did it continue forced labor?
A system where Black prisoners were leased to private companies, mimicking slavery.
What organization did Marcus Garvey found and what was its purpose?
UNIA – to promote Black unity and a return to Africa.
Name two major destination cities of the Great Migration and the regions people came from.
Chicago (from Mississippi), New York City (from Georgia or the Carolinas).
Two boys are born to the mother at the same time, but they are not twins. How is that possible?
They are triplets