Indigenous Peoples in North America
What animal did plain Indians primarily hunt?
True or false, the Hawaiian queen Lili'uokalani was excited for Hawaii to join the United States and willingly signed her power over to the United States.
False
How were passengers separated once they arrived at Angel Island in San Francisco?
By race and gender.
What newspaper reported on opportunities for African Americans in Northern cities and the hardships African Americans faced in the South?
The Chicago Defender
Which vibrant primarily African-American and Jewish neighborhood in DC was demolished in the 1950s so that federal buildings and freeways could be built?
Southwest DC
What group of people survived by hunting animals like seals, walruses, whales and sea lions?
The Aleut and Inuit
According to the legend, what did the Dutch give the Lenape to purchase Manhattan from them?
$24 in trinkets
What were the living quarters like on Angel Island?
Dirty and unsafe
What type of jobs did African Americans find in Northern and Western cities?
Manufacturing/factory work
Name one of the two neighborhoods that is most poorly served by our current metro system.
Anacostia and Southeast
What were Pomo women experts at?
Basketry
What was the misunderstanding between the Dutch and the Lenape in the purchase of Manhattan?
The Lenape thought the Dutch were giving them a peace offering so that they could stay on Manhattan temporarily. They did not think they were selling the land to the Dutch permanently.
Which racial group was treated the most poorly at Angel Island?
The Chinese
What was one of the motivations for African Americans to migrate from the South to Northern and Western cities.
They were seeking better wages, and trying to get away from the racist Jim Crowe Caste system
Yes or no, Is Washington DC a state?
No
Name the farming method involving cutting and burning forests or vegetation to create temporary, nutrient-rich ash fertilizer for crops.
slash and burn agriculture
What did the Bayonet Constitution do to Hawaii?
It striped the king of his power and disenfranchised native Hawaiians.
What caused the wave of immigration from Ireland to the United States in the 1850s?
The Irish potato Famine
What was the name of the system that kept black and white citizens separated in the South?
The Jim Crowe Caste System
West of the capitol - Capitol Hill
Native Americans in the Southeast region remembered traced their family lineage through the female side of the family. What is the term for this?
Matrilineal
List four differences between European and Native American ideas of land ownership.
Teacher discretion.
two thirds of all the immigrants who came through Angel Island in San Francisco came from which two countries?
China and Japan
During the second wave of the Great Migration, what area did African Americans primarily migrate to?
Western Cities
In which DC neighborhood was the Kenilworth Open Burning Landfill?
Anacostia