Study Guide Flashcards
What percent of Africans were brought to the U.S. during the Atlantic slave trade?
5%
How was American slavery different from slavery in other places and other time periods?
Based on race
What is the name of the only successful slave mutiny on a ship ?
The amistad
Who led the bloodiest revolt in the U.S. history ?
Nat turner
Who is known as the “father of the Underground Railroad” ?
William still
What former slave published the newspaper “the North Star” ?
Fredrick Douglas
Which militant abolitionist burnt a copy of the constitution and created a newspaper called “The Liberator” ?
William Loyd garrison
What famous book stirred up anti-slavery sentiment in the U.S. before the American Civil War ?
Uncle toms cabin
Which abolitionist killed 5 people ?
John brown
Who was really freed by the Emancipation Proclamation ?
No one , but slaves were supposed to be freed.
Which amendment abolished slavery ?
13th amendment
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote ?
15th amendment
Which amendment gave due process and equal protection under the law to all Americans citizens ?
14th amendment
What was the name of the series of laws that made segregation legal ?
Jim Crow laws
Why did lynchings take place in the late 1800s early 1900s ?
To terrorize and control black people
Who argues that lynching were a result of white rage and racism ?
Ida b wells
Who argues that industrial education was not enough and called for the political, economic, and social equality of African Americans ?
web Du Bois
What American territory organization used fear and intimidation to keep African Americans from voting ?
Ku Klux Klan
What was the great migration ?
Black people moving south to western states
What was the Harlem renaissance
African American cultural movement; music, dance, art, fashion and more coming to light
Some musicians of the Harlem Renaissance
Duke, billy, cab
What caused the Tesla race massacre in 1921 ?
A man tripped and trapped a white female and she yelled
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation is inherently unequal ?
Please vs. Ferguson
Who’s death armed the beginning of the civil rights movement because they photo of his funeral received national attention ?
Emmett till
Who’s death armed the beginning of the civil rights movement because they photo of his funeral received national attention ?
Emmett till
Why was Rosa parks arrested
She refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery Alabama
What happened to Eugene bull
He was arrested and jailed
What was the nickname given to the student who volunteered to integrate central high school in Little Rock Alabama
Little Rock nine
What was the nickname given to the student who volunteered to integrate central high school in Little Rock Alabama
Little Rock nine
What is a sit in
Occupying a place as a form of protest
What was the name of the nonviolent march in Alabama led by john Lewis in 1965 that turned very bloody ?
Selma march
Who were members of the SCLC ?
Black ministers
What is civil disobedience
Intentionally breaking laws when unsatisfied
Why did the black lives matttter movement start
A boy named Trayvon was killed
Which country has the highest number of citizens in prison
United States
Why are schools in the U.S. more segregated today than during the civil rights movement
Red linging
What is affirmative action
Taking action for minorities to have equal treatment / equal access.
What is affirmative action
Taking action for minorities to have equal treatment / equal access.
