NC
What product helped Durham become very prosperous
Tobacco
What is the name of the famous colonial settlement in Virginia that was settled mostly for economic purposes?
Jamestown
What was the difference initially between the way white settlers viewed Africans compared to Indians?
Africans were viewed as inferior and Native Americans were similar to whites but just lacked education and "civilization"
Of what branch is the President the head?
Executive
What was the 3/5ths Compromise?
This made enslaved people count as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes so that Southern states had more representatives even though they did not count slaves as part of the population
What happened to Private Booker T. Spicely when he tried to sit in the front of the bus in the white section?
He was shot by the bus driver
What is the name of the famous religious colony formed by the colonists who arrived on the Mayflower?
Plymouth
What is one reason Native Americans were not used as slaves?
Why do we have an electoral college rather than declare whoever wins the popular vote the winner?
Some fear of majority rule, of bigger states having more power, and of letting uneducated people make discussions?
Who is Emmett Till?
A 14-year-old boy who supposedly flirted with a white lady and who was brutally murdered and dismembered in 1955.
What organization did Ann Atwater work for when she advocated for better housing for blacks in Durham?
Operation Breakthrough
In what approximate year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
late 1600s
Trail of Tears
Which branch of the government interprets the laws?
What are the names of Amy's pets? Need all 3 to get points
Clyde, Eve and Archie
What industry helped the Black community prosper in Wilmington before white supremacists took over the government?
Shipping
What was the Quartering Act?
A law that said the colonists had to house and feed British soldiers
What is the name of the document in which Thomas Jefferson expressed his ideas on both Indians and Blacks?
Notes on Virginia
Who is the current governor of NC?
Josh Stein
What is mercantilism?
The belief that countries can make themselves rich from trade and that there is a limited amount of resources so countries have to compete for them.
What was the name of one of the four college students who sat at the white lunch counter at Woolworths Greensboro.
Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, or Joseph McNeil
What are three things traded in the triangular trade?
Rum, sugar, slaves
What is the idea that spreading westward is part of the US' mission and fate?
Manifest destiny
What prevents any one branch of government from having too much power?
Checks and balances
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Enacted in 1798, these gave President a lot of power to jail and deport immigrants