Chapter 7 African Americans Flashcards
With African Americans they had ________ when coming to America
no free will
Slaves were generally
captured; imprisoned; thretened with force and violence
History of Slavery is a
world wide phenomenon
No single country ___ slavery
owns
In 1641 Massachusetts was the ___
1st colony to make slavery legal
W.E.B Du Bois was a sociologist that
was the first african american sociologist and wrote about slavery as an economic institution
Du Bois asked the question
why slavery happened so much more in the South than the North
Cheapest form of labor
slaves
The reason slaves were such a cheap form of labor was because
minimal food, clothing and housing.
Lucrative Trade Triangle begins ships would carry
The middle passage: Slaves from Africa; Run & goods to Europe; Goods from Europe to Africa
African Americans were traded and sold through the
trading block
The planters ideology/mentality had a process of
cultural genocide with african americans; family, language, religion.
in 1793 congress passed the first
fugitive slave act
Abolitionists
Abolish slavery growing movement in the north to rid US of Slavery
1857 what case was ruled on by the US Supreme Court
Dred Scott decision; all people of african ancestry could never become US citizens so they could not sue; the federal court did not have power to judge slave ownership
1861 civil war begins when
the confederated open fire at fort sumter
the civil war ends in
1865
1865-1877=
Reconstruction
1895=
Post Reconstruction
in 1863 Abraham Lincoln signs the
Emancipation Proclamation on Jan 1
1877 begins the dismanteling of the
new south
A society made up of different races of people is called a
heterogenous society.
In the history of America, African American slavery, the Native American Indian Reservations, and the Japanese American Concentration Camps are all good examples of
Internal or Domestic Colonialism.
The period where laws protecting blacks are repealed and black codes are instituted which begin to replace the gains made by the emancipation proclamation and the 13th amendment is called
post reconstruction
The period after the civil war which saw many gains by african americans in the south was called
reconstruction.
After the civil war the passing of the 14t and 15th led to many gains by african americans in politics and society. This period was called
reconstruction.
in 1857 the US Supreme Court opens Northern territory to slavery and denies citizenship to American Blacks. This decision was called
the Dred Scott Decision.
The 1954 US Supreme Court decision that stated that the segregation in public schools violates the 14th amendment to the constitution was called
Brown v. the board of education
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and property tests were part of the disenfranchisement process and called
black codes
As part of the post reconstruction disenfranchisement of african americans, black codes were used to keep african americans away from the voting booth. Another tactic used to keep blacks away from the polls was terrorism. Between 1885 and 1894 there was an estimated 1,700 public lynchings where african americans were hung and their bodies left hanging as a reminder to others. This statement is
true
One important fact concerning the explanation of slavery is to study slavery as
an economic institution.
The KKK and their use of terror and lynchings began in the period called
post reconstruction.
Post Reconstruction period
black code laws were passed; state and local laws; regulated civil rights
Post reconstruction is also known as
black disenfranchisement
Black Disenfranchisement tried to remove the power that african americans had previously gained such as
voting rights; poll taxes; literacy tests; property tests
Another part of the disenfranchisement of african americans happens with the supreme court decision of 1896
Plessy v Ferguson
separate but equal
The term Jim Crow originated by
thomas “daddy” dartmouth rice a white minstrel show entertainer
Disenfranchisement also used terror. For ex
KKK secret society; use of fear; black lynching
African American Benchmarks;
Civil War; Reconstruction; post-reconstruction/disenfranchisement; migration northward; WWI; WWII
1917 US enters
WWI
Racism after WWI increase in
KKK
1915-1930 there was a migration
northward
The migration northward was in search for
better opportunities; education; less racism
1932-1972 Tuskegee Experiment US public health experiment with syphilis in
black men. They tracked the natural progression of syphilis without medicine.
1955 a woman refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery alabama this is known as
Rosa Parks and it started a boycott
1960 ___ were popular
sit ins
1964 the civil rights bill was signed by
president Johnson
1964 24th amendment did three major thing
voting rights; ends segregation and jim crow; insures equal rights
Watts riots of 1965 was attributed to
the civil rights signing; the national guard had to be brought in
kkk had a resurgence in
1965
African American Politics 1890-1930 three key players
Brooker T Washington
WEB Dubois
Marcus Garvey
Booker T Washington believed in
self sufficient; self determination/assimilating through your job; accept discrimination/elevate yourself through hard work and material prosperity
WEB Dubois believed
Booker T Washington perpetuated white oppression; helped start NAACP; believed in college education, political action, and civil rights
Marcus Garvey believed
National African Homestead; did not want to deal with racism and oppression in america; back to Africa Movement wanted to take back Africa from colonial oppression
