Afa2000 2016 Flashcard
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Approximately how many slaves were estimated to be transported from Africa via the Middle Passage to the New World?
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12.5 million
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Which crops were not indigenous to the New World?
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sugar, cotton, coffee
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What are the factors that set the stage for the commercial network that linked Europeans and complicit Africans in the capture and sale of other human beings?
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slaves being used to carry the cargo of merchants along trade routes and rivers
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In what years did Mansa Musa rule Mali and how much was his estimated net worth?
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1312-1337 400 billion worth
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What was Africa's most valuable trade item with both Arabs and Europeans before the discovery of the New world?
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gold
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Where and what year was the fossil remains of Lucy found?
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ethiopia 1974
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How long did it take for a slave to be considered "seasoned"?
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3 or 4 years
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About how many languages does the continent of Africa have?
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2,000
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What was the name of the special assistant who was responsible for collecting those to be sold at prices previously agreed on by the trader and African ruler?
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caboceer
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What did investigations by the British Parliament in 1790 - 1791 reveal?
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pregnant women worked all the way up till childbirth
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Why did blacks begin to become disaffected with the Republican Party starting in 1928?
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because republicans attempted to build a strong party in the south
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What is the name of the person that was an anthropologist and literary modernist during the Harlem Renaissance?
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zora neale hurston
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Who was it that insisted "all Art is propaganda and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists... I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda"?
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w.e.b. dubois
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By what year was the last black youth released in the Scottsboro case?
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1950
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Who was at the helm of the National Negro Congress that convened in Chicago in 1936?
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phill randolph
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In Garvey's meeting with the Klu Klux Klan Member, what principles were both men committed to?
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racial separatism and denunciation of miscegenation
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What book of Dr. Woodrow Wilson did W.E.B DuBois teach to his students at Atlanta University?
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the state
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What was the name of the book that was published and included data over a 10 year period on lynching?
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rope and fag , bib of judge lynch
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What is the official name of the "Negro National Anthem" and who composed the lyrics of it?
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lift every voice and sing, james johnson
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What is the name of the Black owned Entertainment Company that folded 2 years after being in existence?
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black swan records
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Who was the first black scholar to identify and seriously critique the rise of the black underclass?
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william wilson
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Which President signed the Congressional Bill that created the holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King jr?
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ronald reagan
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Which state prohibited anyone convicted of a crime from ever voting again, even after serving his or her sentence and was the center of the 2000 Presidential election?
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florida
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____ is more closely linked to the higher rates of incarceration for black men than for any other group in the United States
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poverty
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What percentage of African immigrants have high school degrees and what is the average percentage of residents in their neighborhood are college educated?
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98% and 30%
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In what year does most Hip Hop histories began?
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1973
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By which decade did blacks reverse direction of migration and are now moving south in increasing numbers?
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1990s
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Which President supported the measure to move welfare recipients off public assistance and onto "workforce"?
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bill clinton
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Who did Clarence Thomas succeed as Supreme Court Justice?
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thurgood marshall
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In the 2007 case involving voluntary school desegregation in Seattle and Louisville, what amendment did the parents claim were violated as a result of the school districts plan?
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14th amend
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Which state constitution was the first to outlaw slavery and in what year?
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Vermont 1777
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Which Colony enacted an Act in 1712 that presumed that every Negro is a Slave?
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carolina colony
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The founding Fathers' devotion to freedom for all whites, which elevated them above all black slaves led historian Edmund Morgan to label it what?
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american paradox
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In which colony were slaves more likely to retain their African names?
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french Louisiana
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In which colonies did slaves have Negro Election day?
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mass, rhode island, conn
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What English colony was the first to give legal sanction to slavery and in what year?
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puritan colony 1641
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How early did blacks play an important role in Spain's efforts to gain a foothold in North America?
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1520s
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What was North America's first antislavery society called?
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Pennsylvania abolition society
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Which region was known for having a large number of slaves that lived together on plantation units?
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lowcountry
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Which royal governor issued a proclamation to free slaves and indentured servants?
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lord dunmore of Virginia
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Which set of laws were designed to express the viewpoint that slaves are not people but property?
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slave codes
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How many free black children of school age in Virginia attended school?
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41
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Which group maintained that races emerged from different human origins and thus represented different human species?
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polygenesis
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Which colony was established in Africa by the British for the purpose of settling blacks from England and refugees from the American Revolution?
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sierra leone, 1787
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Within a 24 hour period, how many whites were killed during the Nat Turner insurrection of 1831?
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60
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What was the name of the first black institution that was the cornerstone around black neighborhoods and communities and what year was it founded?
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free african society, 1780
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In what year was American participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade abolished
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1808
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what were the two main issues that led to the 3/5th compromise
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taxation and representation
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In the late 1700's and early 1800's which political Party was generally more inclined to oppose slavery and view the role of blacks as citizens?
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federalists
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By 1850, out of a population of 3.2 million how many mulatto slaves were there?
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246,000
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What school was founded under the leadership of the Freedman's Bureau?
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storer college
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What did the Reconstruction act of 1867 entail?
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divided the confederate states into 5 military districts under martial law
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What was the literacy rate of African Americans in 1910?
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70%
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Which party rose out of Virginia in 1879 comprised of black Republicans and disgruntled white democrats?
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readajuster party
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Who coined the term "Talented Tenth"?
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henry morehouse
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What Supreme Court Case upheld segregation and the doctrine of "Separate but Equal"?
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plessy vs ferguson 1896
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By freeing the slaves, what statue was nullified by the 13th amendment?
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3/5th compromise
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In what cities were the first segregated housing ordinances enacted?
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louisville, baltimore, atlanta
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From the early years of freedom after the Civil war, what were the two different black higher educational types?
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industrial training and liberal arts
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Who is the individual most responsible for developing the strategy for the all out legal attack on Jim Crow laws?
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charles houston
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Which report surveyed the continued racial disparities between blacks and whites, concluding that the black family was the "the fundamental source of the weakness of the Negro community at the present time"?
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the negro family; the case for national action
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In the 1960 campaign, which political party took a strong stance for racial justice and equality?
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democrats and republicans
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Throughout the 1940's, what is the name of the organization that kept the American public apprised of the colonial Activities in Africa?
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council on african affairs
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Who is known today as the father of Black History?
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carter woodson
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Who was the first President of the United States to address the NAACP and in what year?
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harry truman 1948
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What city in 1966 was Dr. Martin Luther King referring to when he said he had never seen greater racial antipathy, not even in the south?
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Chicago
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FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover labeled _________ "the greatest single threat to the internal security" of the United States.
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black panther party
