Slavery
Civil War
Reconstruction
Great Migration
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What's the significance behind the red dots about this picture?
These founding fathers were slave owners.
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What does it mean to secede, and which states (in general) did this?
To break away; southern, slave owning states (but not all of them!)
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T/F: The Southern states were immediately able to rejoin the Union following the Civil War
False: they had to rebuild themselves first (without slavery!)
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What's a push factor for southern-born African Americans?
the KKK
barriers to voting
dismal work and housing opportunities
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Who is credited with creating the idea of race in America? (According to the Illusion of Race by PBS)
Thomas Jefferson
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In what year was the international slave trade banned in America?
1808
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How did Lincoln deal with states like Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland?
He let them keep their slaves even after the Emancipation Proclamation because they were still loyal to the Union and provided a good barrier against the Confederacy.
200
Provide two examples of black codes or Jim Crow laws, besides segregation
1. South Carolina made it illegal for Black people to have any other job besides a farmer or servant unless they paid a high annual tax
2. In several states, Black orphans were sent to plantations as free labor
3. Policies punished anyone who offered higher wages to Black laborers already under contract, which were conveniently year-round.
4. Black offenders typically received longer sentences than their white equals.
5. A black person could not testify against a white person in court.
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Provide two locations where southern-born African Americans moved the most during the 1900s.
California, Illinois, New York, Philadelphia
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What is the definition of lynching?
To execute someone without a trial, typically by hanging.
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What was the result of banning the international slave trade in America?
America's own slave trade prospered, and the amount of slaves increased.
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Who was Lincoln talking to in his inaugural address, and what was his main message?
Lincoln was addressing scared southern slave states
He made very clear that he had no intention to interfere with slavery because (1) he did not feel like he had the power to and (2) he did not want to interfere with it.
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Southern states could not rejoin the Union unless (2 things!)...
They upheld/followed the:
1. 14th Amendment (equal protection of the Constitution)
2. 15th Amendment (everyone can vote)
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When white plantation owners "scammed" black renters into staying and working to pay back debt, it's called...
Sharecropping, aka "slavery by another name."
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What's the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and slavery?
Why is this significant to study?
The founding fathers deleted an anti-slavery passage that was in the original draft.
This is important because America could have started with a clean stance against slavery, but it didn't. :(
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Which state had the most slave exports after the international slave trade ban?
Virginia (where Thomas Jefferson was from!)
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Why did Lincoln suddenly feel empowered to emancipate slaves in designated states?
In a time of war, he, as commander-in-chief, felt it was a necessary war measure to free those enslaved in order to recruit men for the Union army.
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Provide two ways the southern states were able to create their black codes:
1. The federal government started with a "hands-off" approach, giving southern states too much power.
2. The 13th Amendment outlaws slavery unless someone breaks the law.
So, southern states made it very easy for black people to break the law.
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What three industries in the north/west attracted southern-born African Americans?
the auto industry, meat packing, and steel/iron industry
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How are the victims of lynching being honored today?
The EJI organization (Equal Justice Initiative) is collecting dirt from lynching scenes and creating a memorial to bring closure and honor those who were victims.
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Give two ideas presented in Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia"
1. Slavery is a bad influence on the white population- it encourages anger and inhumane behavior.
2. Jefferson proposed to educate adolescent slaves (paid by tax money) and then send them back to Africa
3. Jefferson believes both races will exterminate each other if they lived together in America (due to racism by whites and the memory of suffering from blacks)
4. Jefferson provides a long list of how black people differ from white, with a negative tone
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Besides joining the army, what else did Lincoln direct emancipated slaves to do?
to "labor faithfully for reasonable wages" - aka stay in the south and work the farms for money (yeah right!)
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Who enforced the black codes in southern states?
Black codes were enforced by all-white police and state militia forces often composed of southern veterans from the Civil War. These Confederate soldiers served as law enforcement and judges.
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List three ways southern states prevented the black population from exercising its right to vote.
1. Property requirements
2. Poll taxes (charging money to vote)
3. literacy tests (checking the reading/writing skills)
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Critically think: What would motivate the southern states to rejoin the Union after losing the Civil War?
No other countries would recognize the southern states or its currency/leaders, making it isolated and very hard to survive without allies or acknowledgement.