Early African History
This migration spread Bantu languages, farming, and ironworking across sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the Bantu Migration?
This revolution was the first successful slave revolt in the Americas.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This movement sought to end slavery in the United States.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and redefining citizenship.
What is Reconstruction?
He introduced the idea of “double consciousness.”
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
These empires grew wealthy by controlling gold and salt trade routes.
What are the West African Empires (Ghana, Mali, Songhai)?
Enlightenment ideas and the French Revolution helped inspire this uprising.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
He advocated armed resistance against slavery.
Who is John Brown?
Laws that restricted Black labor, movement, and family stability after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
This concept describes the internal conflict of being both Black and American.
What is double consciousness?
This southern African city is known for massive stone structures and long-distance trade.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
Independent communities formed by formerly enslaved people who resisted slavery.
What are Maroon Societies?
He used speeches and writing to persuade Americans to abolish slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Violence used to intimidate Black communities and suppress political power.
What is white supremacist violence?
She used investigative journalism to expose lynching.
Who is Ida B. Wells-Barnett?
This kingdom controlled Red Sea trade routes and adopted Christianity under King Ezana.
What is the Aksum Kingdom?
African-descended people supported independence in South America mainly through this role.
What is military service / organizing rebellions?
A secret network of routes and safe houses used to escape slavery.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A wave of racial violence in 1919 caused by competition for jobs and housing.
What is the Red Summer?
She built a beauty empire that promoted economic independence for Black women.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This region became economically powerful due to its location connecting Africa to global trade networks.
What is East Africa / the Red Sea–Indian Ocean trade region?
This form of resistance included guerrilla warfare and preserving African traditions.
What are Maroon resistance strategies?
She led enslaved people to freedom using coded messages and safe houses.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Despite discrimination, Black communities responded by building these institutions.
What are schools, churches, and political organizations?
This leader promoted Black self-reliance, Pan-Africanism, and separatism.
Who is Marcus Garvey?