Context

Question 1

Slavery

2

Answer 1

1. 3/4 of the worlds cotton came from the American south

2. 1619-1865 USA officially ended the 13th amendment to the constitution

Question 2

Black America

3

Answer 2

1. 1/2 balck men and 35% of women said they worked on a farm/ labourer
2. 90% of African Americans still lived in the southern US in 1900
3. 3/4 of households located in rural areas

Question 3

Jim Crow Laws

2

Answer 3

1. Falling prices of agricultural goods led to unemployment
2. 1870’s- 1950’s many southern areas. legalised segregation in schools and hospitals etc. Less funding kept black people from advancements in society

Question 4

Lynching and the kkk

2

Answer 4

1. Revival in 1915- race riots in chicago 1919 included police, judges, political figures- actions unpunished
2. Suspected, acused or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority

Question 5

NAACP

Answer 5

National association for the advancement or coloured people

Question 6

Alice Walker

5

Answer 6

1. Born in Georgia USA 1944
2. Went to spelman college: exclusive to black women
3. Illegally married a white man
4. Avid supporter of Martin Luther king- faught to end black segregation in the 70’s
5. Campaigns against female genital mutilation

Question 7

Alice Walker: Family

4

Answer 7

1. Wrote the novel to get closer to ancestors she never met. Understand their experiences
2. Grandfathers- “Batterers, womanizer, alcholics all that”
3. Grandmother shot by the man who wanted to be her lover. Who went on to marry the neighbours daughter, to cook and clean
4. Mother- strong female character like Sophia

Question 8

Womanist

Answer 8

Black femanism- refers to unique experiences of blacj women- derived from the African American term “Womanism” meaning courageous, wilful female behaviour.

Question 9

Men

2

Answer 9

1. Expected to control the family

2. Humiliated daily for the colour of his skin. Turned their anger towards women

Question 10

Religion

3

Answer 10

1. Most African Americans: Baptist or methodist (both apposed slavery)
2. Expressions of religion different from white congregations- Musical style, delivery of the sermon in a moving manner,
3. African methodist episcopal church = AME- established in Philadelphia 1816
   Still supported throughout the USA

Question 11

Language

AAVE

Answer 11

African American vernacular English lexicon
conjunction of verbs “To be” and “To have” jumbled
Plural forms have irregular endings
double negatives
pronouns used in an non-standard way “Us” for “We”

Question 12

Women

Answer 12

Double oppression
Race
Sex

Question 13

Novel

Answer 13

1912-42
walker makes a point of never stating any exact years that would date the novel, allows the story to illuminate issues that cross period boundaries

Question 14

Change

3

Answer 14

1. Walker lived through the school desegregation of 1954
2. The bus boycott and Rosa park’s stand of 1955
3. Martin Luther King