Midterms Pt. 5

Question 1

What was The Colonization Revival by Fredick Douglass about?

Answer 1

argued that Henry Clay’s plan for emancipation was not as alturisic as he presented it to be

Question 2

What was wrong about Clay’s emancipation plan?

Answer 2

1) all children born of slave parents in Kentucky after the year 1860, shall be free after becoming 25yrs old
2) set emancipation past the life span of some slaves
3) slaves still had to buy their freedom
4) people would be shipped off to Africa
5) slaveholders owned their slaves property until 25yrs
6) once Kentucky was made a free state, could make a profit off of selling slaves to other states

Question 3

Henry Clay, was the president of the ____________ _______.

Answer 3

Colonization Society

Question 4

Douglass encountered the Colonization Society while taking the streamer _______.

Answer 4

Alida

Question 5

Martin Delaney was a _______, ________, and early _____ __________.

Answer 5

physican
abolitionist
black nationalist

Question 6

What was Delaney’s proposed idea of freedom for African-American slaves?

Answer 6

emigration to Central America, Souther America, and the West Indies; and combine forces with indigenous people

Question 7

Why did Delaney propose buying land in Canada?

Answer 7

for temporary relief

Question 8

When and where was Delaney giving his speech about emigration out of the United States?

Answer 8

1854; National Emigratino Convention of Colored People in Cleveland

Question 9

Delaney stood for ____________

Douglass stood for ____-__________

Answer 9

emigration

anti-emigration

Question 10

Delaney was born free in _______ _____, ________ with a free ______ and a ______ who was enslaved in a nearby plantation

Answer 10

Charles Town, Virginia
mother
father

Question 11

Why did Delaney’s family move to Pennsylvania?

Answer 11

Delaney and his siblings were learning to read and write, which was illegal in Virginia

Question 12

Delaney was accepted at ________ ___________, but her, and two other blacks, were dismissed due to racial prejudice

Answer 12

Harvard University

Question 13

________ argued that colored races have the highest traits of civilization.

Answer 13

Delaney

Question 14

The 1st African-American to run for president was?

Answer 14

Shirley Chisholm

Question 15

The Dred Scott decision determined if?

Answer 15

Enslaved Africans were considered citizens

Question 16

According to the U.S. census the state with the most African-Americans?

Answer 16

Mississippi

Question 17

What determined if Nevada was a free state or a slave state?

Answer 17

The Compromise of 1850

Question 18

Berry Gordy’s Motown Records come from?

Answer 18

Detroit

Question 19

What did Garrison and Douglass argue?

Answer 19

1) Garrison wanted secession from the South. Douglass was against secession from the South, because he didn’t want to abandon the Southern slaves
2) Garrison wanted Douglass to be a speaker, but Douglass created the Liberator, a newspaper
3) Garrison was against Walker’s Appeal, but Douglass supported Walker’s Appeal
4) Garrison believed the constituiton could be changed, but Douglass believed the constitution was unconstiutional and did not help slaves

Question 20

What was Garrison’s and Douglass’ relationship prior to arguing?

Answer 20

Mentor and student

Question 21

What happened in the Plessy v. Ferguson?

Answer 21

Plessy being 7/8 white, argued that he was white, so he could sit with his people. Under Louisianna law Plessy was considered Black.
The U.S. Supreme court ruled it was constitutional for races to be kept seperate.

Question 22

Fredrick Douglass also argued with _____ ________ _______ about emigration.

Answer 22

Henry Highland Garnet

Question 23

William Garrison launched ____ _________, an anti-slavery newspaper

Answer 23

The Liberator

Question 24

True or False: Garrison wanted gradual emancipation and enfranchisement of all African-Americans

Answer 24

False; Garrison wanted immediate emancipation and enfranchisement of all African-Americans

Question 25

Garrison founded the ____ ________ _____-______ _______ (1832) and ________ ____-______ _______ (1833)

Answer 25

New England Anti-Slavery Society

American Anti-Slavery Society

Question 26

What are the differences between W.E.B. DuBois’s view and Booker T. Washington’s views?

Answer 26

1) the scope of education
2) the necessity of the right of suffrage
3) the importance of civil rights
4) the conciliation of the South
5) the future of the race in this country