Unit 1/2
Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?
There were no complex societies in Africa before Europeans began colonizing Africa.
FALSE.
In Africa, some examples of complex societies that existed prior to European colonization include Egypt, Aksum, Nok, the Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire, and the Swahili Coast. A complex society is defined as societies with large settled populations, and extensive division of labor, monumental architecture, and occupational specialization.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
What is the song "Strange Fruit" about?
It is a protest song about lynching
Define "Jim Crow"
Refers to laws created to limit the rights of African Americans, specifically voting rights.
What is the Three-Fifths compromise?
A compromise in the Constitution regarding the issue of counting enslaved people for the purposes of representation in Congress. An enslaved person would be counted as three-fifths of a person instead of as a full person.
Identify the correct vocab phrase with the following definition: the broken promise made by the U.S. government to redistribute land to African Americans after the Civil War ended.
40 Acres and a Mule
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
a secret society established after the Civil War to prevent African Americans from voting and preserve white power in the South. In the 1920s, the KKK targeted groups such as Catholics, Jews, and immigrants in addition to African Americans
Why did World War I have an effect on the Great Migration?
The men who left to go fight in the war left behind factory jobs in the North. Businesses needed to fill these positions, so they began hiring African Americans. Many African Americans moved from the South to the North because they could now get better-paying jobs in the Northern factories.
Identify the correct vocab phrase with the following definition: A clause in the Constitution that allowed Congress to pass a law in 1808 banning the importation of enslaved people
International Slave Trade Clause
Explain the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln during the Civil War that freed enslaved people in Confederate states, whereas the 13th Amendment officially abolished slavery in the entire United States.
What was the Red Summer of 1919?
This term referred to the summer of 1919, in which there were 25+ bloody race riots in cities throughout the U.S. Chicago had the worst riot in the country that summer.
Which Black activist organization believed in Black nationalism, armed self-defense, socialism, and "Power to the people"?
Black Panther Party
Define overt resistance (200 points). Identify one example of overt resistance (200 points).
An act of resistance that an enslaver would notice, and if an enslaved person was caught resisting in this way, they would be punished severely. These acts of resistance were always noticed by enslavers.
Examples: leading a violent rebellion, running away on the Underground Railroad
What did the Compromise of 1877 bring to an end?
The Reconstruction Era
Who was Ida B. Wells?
She was an African American female journalist. She published statistics about lynching, and traveled the world to raise awareness for issue of lynching.
Explain the difference between Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
Plessy established in 1896 that segregation was legal ("separate but equal"). Brown v. Board of Ed overturned Plessy and said that segregation was no longer legal in schools and that schools had to be integrated.
Define covert resistance (250 points). Identify one example of covert resistance (250 points).
Covert resistance is hidden/subtle resistance by enslaved people. These acts of resistance would most likely not have been seen by enslavers and/or these acts of resistance could have been blamed on other things. Some examples of covert resistance include learning to read (in secret), singing spiritual songs that contained coded messages, and breaking tools to slow work.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Why was Emmett Till's murder considered a lynching?
His murder fits the definition of lynching - he was accused of a crime but not given any due process. A small group of white men kidnapped him and killed him publicly because he was a Black child.
Which war did the Tuskegee Airmen serve in?
World War 2