Unit 2: Africa
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
The name of the slave ship route from Africa to the Americas is?
Middle Passage
Name two "founding fathers" who were slave holders.
Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, etc.
This document written by Abraham Lincoln granted legal freedom to Black people in rebel states.
Emancipation Proclamation
A source made at the time of the event is called...?
Primary source
Who was the richest man in history?
Mansa Musa
The race based system of owning people as property is called?
Chattel slavery
This famous abolitionist delivered the speech "What to the Slave is the 4th of July"
Frederick Douglass
This white militant abolitionist led a raid on Harper's Ferry to steal weapons for enslaved Africans and was the first American executed for treason.
John Brown
This 15 year old Black girl refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
Name two African civilizations that made pyramids.
Kemet and Kush
Which revolt led to the creation of the first Black Republic?
The Haitian Revolution
What was the name of the enslaved woman who escaped George Washington?
Ona/Oney Judge
This Supreme Court case ruled that Black people were not citizens under the Constitution.
Dred Scott Case
Name two community survival programs the Black Panther Party created.
Free Food Program, free clothing, legal aid, free medical clinic, liberation schools for students, free prison visitation bussing
Describe two aspects of the African worldview.
Community, respect, honoring nature, honoring ancestors, group unity over individualism, etc.
Name one form of covert resistance and one form of overt resistance.
Covert: infanticide, poisoning food, breaking tools, suicide, practicing African religions
Overt: Running away, armed revolt
This 1600s rebellion united poor whites and enslaved Africans, leading to the creation of laws solidifying race based slavery.
Bacon's Rebellion
These songs were often used on the Underground Railroad to communicate secret messages to freedom-seekers and conductors.
Ex. Wade in the Water
Spirituals
Who is the father of Black History and author of "Miseducation of the Negro"?
Name the 3 major West African empires.
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Describe the difference between servitude in ancient Africa and chattel slavery.
Chattel: race-based, no way out
The Constitutional clause that gave the South higher representation by counting some enslaved Africans.
3/5 Clause
This constitutional amendment ended legal slavery except as punishment for a crime.
13th Amendment
This FBI program led by J Edgar Hoover worked to destroy the Black Panther Party through surveillance and infiltration.
COINTELPRO