History-Marcus Garvey – Flashcards
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Where and when was Garvey born
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St.Ann on August 17, 1887
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When Garvey came to Kingston, where did he work?
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P.A. Benjamin and Company Limited
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Describe the living conditions that the masses faced
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It was unsatisfactory. Expensive rent, dilapidated buildings, inadequate sanitary facilities and overcrowding.
Inadequate water supply
Inadequate water supply
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Describe the living conditions that the masses faced
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It was unsatisfactory. Expensive rent, dilapidated buildings, inadequate sanitary facilities and overcrowding.
Inadequate water supply
Inadequate water supply
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Describe conditions for health facilities
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The doctors were mainly located in towns and they were mostly white with old plantation prejudices. They did not attend to black patients and many blacks could not afford to pay the doctor fees, so they resorted to home remedies.
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Why was infant mortality so high?
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The masses suffered from low wages and they could not afford the basic needs of life, eg.food. They were more vulnerable to health related diseases, causing infant mortality to be high
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Describe unemployment for the masses
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The unemployment rate was high. Many poor people were agricultural workers on sugar and banana estates. So they only had seasonal employment so this is a challenge for people who depend on it for livelihood
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Describe education for the lower class
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Education is a means by which members of the lower class advance through society- but the education system did not cater for them.
Schools were overcrowded and lacked furniture and equipment. There was gender bias and they thought that it was not necessary to educate women above the primary level -that their place was at home. The number of secondary schools was inadequate- and were located in the towns and were too expensive for a common man
Schools were overcrowded and lacked furniture and equipment. There was gender bias and they thought that it was not necessary to educate women above the primary level -that their place was at home. The number of secondary schools was inadequate- and were located in the towns and were too expensive for a common man
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Where did Garvey migrate to find work because nothing was done to change the situation after the strike?
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Central America
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4 countries in Central america that people migrated to find work ? What was the outcome?
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Costa Rica, Venezuela, Honduras and Nicaragua. The conditions were no better than Jamaica
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What age did Garvey leave school?
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14
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At what age did Garvey establish worker organizations and write newspaper articles citing the deplorable conditions which West Indian workers had to endure in their new workplaces in South and Central Americas?
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23
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The black man was without _______ and without _____
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representation,leadership
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What is PAN AFRICANISM?
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The belief that blacks throughout the world are one people with Africa as their common home
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What was Garveys misson in life
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Help the black race to realize its greatness, to fulfill its destiny of being world leaders, kingdom builders and inventors as they were in ancient times
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Two major organizations Garvey established
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Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
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What year did Garvey organize the UNIA and its coordinating body the AFRICAN COMMUNITIES LEAGUE
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1914
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Where and in what year did Garveys organization hold its first meeting
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New York in 1920
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Which caribbean country had the most offices of the UNIA and its coordinating body the AFRICAN COMMUNITIES LEAGUE?
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CUba
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Name 6 countries which had branches of the UNIA and its coordinating body the AFRICAN COMMUNITIES LEAGUE
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Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Namibia and South Africa
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Which business venture did Garvey launch?Why?
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Black Star Shipping Line to allow Black people to trade between Africa and the Americas.
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Two other business venture Garvey made other than Black Star Shipping Line
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African Communities League and Negro Factories Corporation, in order to lend money to those who wanted to open small businesses
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What Garveys fourth business venture
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publication of a newspaper called the NEGRO WORLD, which helped spread the ideas of Garvey as far as Africa
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What is persona non grata
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An unacceptable or unwelcome person
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What street was the convention in New York, when they had the parade?
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Harlems Lennox Avenue
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Garvey tried to salvage his __________scheme by sending a __________ ___________ to the League of Nations for transfer to the UNIA of the African Colonies taken by Germany during _______ ______ _____
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colonization, delegation appeal, world war 2
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Where was Garvey imprisoned?How long?
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Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for 5 years
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When was Garvey deported to Jamaica? Under whose order?
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IN 1927 under the rule of Calvin Coolidge president
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Years when Garvey was in Jamaica
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1914-1916 and 1927-1935
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When did Garvey found his political party? What was it called?
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1929, it was called Peoples Political Party
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When did Garvey have the honour of hosting the 6th International convention of the UNIA?
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August 1929
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What year did Garvey start a Trade Union?
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1930
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When were Trade Union legalised?
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1938
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What year did Garvey found the Edelweiss Park Amusement Company?
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1932
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Name 2 people who performed at Edelweiss Park
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Ransford Williams and Claude McKay
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What medium did Garvey use? Give 1 example
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newspaper , eg. Watchman, Black man, New Jamaican
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The UNIA was actively involved in ____. _______nurses provided health care for those who were sick.
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health. Black cross
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What year did Garvey leave for England?
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1935
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When and where did Garvey die?
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June 10, 1940 in a cottage in West Kensington
