Unit 1: African Diaspora
What is a Griot?
Oral historian of early African civilizations
Identify the primary slave trading region in Africa
West Africa
Explain the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau.
To help integrated newly freed people into American society and enforce federal laws of employment and land acquisition.
Describe Redlining.
The discriminatory practice of not selling homes to African Americans in certain neighborhoods.
Explain a pull factor of the Great Migration
Higher wage jobs in the North
Describe the causes of Bantu Migrations
Due to an increase in population, Bantu people moved to seek out more food/resources.
Describe the geographic features of Maroon Societies.
Islands, rainforests or mountainous regions. Areas that were hard to get to.
What was the goal of the New Negro Movement?
To establish a new self-identity for African Americans.
What international historical situation did African Americans support globally in the 1950s and 1960s?
Decolonization and independence of Africa
Why was the Black Feminist Movement different from the feminist movement?
Black Feminist fought both against racism and gender discrimination.
Explain reasons why African traveled to Europe prior to the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Diplomatic, religious and educational reasons.
Explain the importance of Ladinos in the US.
They laid claim to some of the first indigenous territory for European powers.
Explain the purpose of black owned banks in the early 1900s.
How were the Black Power and Civil Rights Movement different in their policies to end racial discrimination?
Black Power emphasized the use of self defense while Civil Rights encouraged non-violence.
What did General Sherman's Order do for newly freed African Americans?
Ordered 40 acres of land be given to each of them.
Describe an example of a significant role women held in West Africa
Queen Nzinga who ruled the Ndongo
Describe a push/pull factor for emigration of enslaved African Americans in the Caribbean/Central America
Warmer climate they are used to.
No enslavement in Haiti
Similar cultures to those in Central America
What were the two educational models established by HBCUs?
Liberal Arts education and Vocational education
Describe an example of "interlocking systems of oppression" within the Civil Rights Movement.
Women were not given positions of leadership based on their gender and were discriminated based on their race.
During Reconstruction, African Americans competed in this sport winning the Kentucky Derby.
Horse racing
Which early African society created terracotta sculptures and iron tools
Nok Society
What was one of the largest issues/fears for enslaved women prior to the Civil War?
Sexual violence from their masters.
Explain the "Double Consciousness" experienced by newly freed African Americans.
This was a struggle of identities for African Americans as being both black and American during Jim Crow Era.
Explain "Black Religious Nationalism"
Other than the Stono Rebellion, identify three revolts to enslavement prior to the Civil War
Louisiana Revolt of 1811
The Creole Mutiny
Nat Turners Rebellion