2nd Exam MC Flashcards
types of african stereotypes
- mammy
- jezebel
- jim crow
- sambo
mammy
- female house-slave
- good cook
- nurturer
- breastfeeder
jezebel
-sexually promiscuous, immoral, uncontrolled lust
jim crow
- an african american field hand
- dressed in rags, battered hat, torn shoes
- quick
sambo
- very happy, usually laughing
- lazy, irresponsible, carefree
coded items
- concealing religious artifacts, prayers, and symbolism through synchronized codes
- used as a survival strategy by cuban african slaves to maintain religious beliefs
historical trauma
- emotional and psychological wounding of an individual or generation
- caused by a traumatic experience or event
- refers to the past and present impact
adaptation
-finding a balance between the need of a population and the potential of its environment
survival strategies
-modes of dealing with conditions forced upon people
multicultural revolutionary war
-a lot of slaves were in it but are usually never depicted in photos
abolitionist
-a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
townshend act definition
- 1767
- tax on everything by the king
- colonists just took bc they have no representation to have a say
townshend act significance
-they helped to reignite anger in the colonies against England
divine right of kings
- kings derived their authority from God
- couldn’t be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament or the church
misinformation
-false info that spreads
5Ws
- who made it
- what was it made for
- when
- where
- why
crispus attucks
-first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the American Revolution
age of enlightenment definition
- european historical time period where education, individualism, and social activities prospered
- a time of rejection of faith
age of enlightenment significance
-led directly to the American Revolution
what was women’s role in the new england area?
- women were more affluent; did more cultural practices; working class women were
- women had to take care of children and cook
working class women
- started to work to provide for family
- where the women standards started to break
new england colonies
- closest to England culture
- most homogeneity bc everyone spoke english and had the same religion; conservative
middle colonies
- most diverse
- real people that were running away from Europe (wanted to better their lives) -wanted freedom of religion; personal freedom
- most were trying to escape conditions in Europe
- quakers were dominant
southern colonies
- people were there to make business
- English took control and they were dominant; production of all sorts of fabrics to export to Europe
- cotton was the crop
- this area was where they most thought of slaves as property
what area was the most accepting of gender? and why?
- middle colonies
- more tolerant there
just friends concept
-refers to same sex relationships but considering them as just romantic or intimate friendships
the american man
- was almost nothing like the traditional Englishman
- known for being “bold, rugged, aggressive, unafraid of fighting, and comfortable asserting himself”
- only rich white men can go to the militia at this time
bartolome de las casas
- in an effort to help the indigenous people of the New world, the priest pleased with Prince Phillip II of Spain to stop the rampant massacre he was witnessing
- he pointed out that 400,000 Arawak Indians sent to Hispaniola for labor had all died
- he was responsible for the slave trade; he basically got the ball to start rolling with it
syncretism definition during forced assimilation period
-bc slaves’s culture was stripped, they had to create one that shared attributes so they created this one
how did slaves use adaptation during the forced assimilation of religion period?
-syncretism
santeria religion
-combined catholic and slave religion
how did st barbara and chango have an impact on syncretism and slave adaption?
-yoruba slaves coded st. barbara as a representation of their own religious deity
how does misinformation relate to the paul revere’s “bloody massacre”?
-bias
disinformation
- defined as deliberately misleading or biased information
- propaganda
