AFRAS 170B – Flashcards
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Why was there so much violence in the south after the Reconstruction?
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White southerners were frustrated by loss of civil war and resented Africans acquiring freedom and status
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What did 14th Amendment NOT do?
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It explicitly gave blackmen the right to vote.
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What effects did enforcement act have?
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• The government moved quickly against the KKK and several members of the KKK were punished severely
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What is true of the Reconstruction?
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All the above
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What did republicans Hayes promise in order to win election of 1876?
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He promised he would allow redemption to occur in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana.
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What was the main purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
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It was designed to help assist the newly freed people in their transition to freedom.
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Which of the following was NOT part of the "Black Codes"?
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They allowed Africans the right to serve on juries
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What was the first concern for many Africans when freed?
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Reuniting with their families
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What were some limitations of African teachers in the South?
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They were poorly educated themselves
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How did whites react to African established schools?
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All the above
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What was the first opportunity for many black men to participate in politics in the south?
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Constitutional conventions during reconstruction
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Who were carpetbaggers and who were the scalawags?
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Carpetbaggers were republicans from the north
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Which was a problem faced by republicans in establishing schools during reconstruction?
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All the above
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What effect did the Enforcement Acts have?
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The government ruled against KKK and several members of the KKK were punished severely
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How did some black legislators try to gain land for African Americans?
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By making taxes on large landowners so high that they would have to sell their land
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Why were black political leaders not more successful in their goals?
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They faced overwhelming opposition, not only from Democrats, but also from white Republicans on a number of issues
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What was the result of the Civil Right Act of 1875?
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It was eventually overturned by the U.S Supreme Court
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What was true about the end of Reconstruction?
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All the above
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How did Democrats limit African American political power in the South, even if African Americans were voting?
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They creatively drew congressional districts so that fewest possible African Americans could be elected
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What were Grandfather Clauses?
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Voting restrictions, which said that someone could only vote if their father or grandfather
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How did railroad companies feel about segregation?
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They opposed the idea because they didn't want to have the added expenses of maintaining separate cars
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What was the given reason for lyching?
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The black man raped a white woman
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What was not a belief of Booker T. Washington about opportunities of AA?
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He believed that AA should work for right to vote and economic
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What was the Talented Ten?
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The top 10% of AA society leaders
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Where did AA soldiers go after civil war to spend time?
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Fight the west against the indigenous people
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Why did AA serve in the Spanish-American War?
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They helped demonstrate their bravery and worth to whites and thereby eliminate racism
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What was true about the number of lynchings in the south over the period of 1889-1932?
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About ¾ lynching's happened each day
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What was a typical unjust characteristic of sharecropping for AA?
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All of the above
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What was true about lynching?
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Lynching were another way to prove white supremacy
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If lynching was known for men what happen to black women?
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Many were subjected to raped by white men
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How did Ida B wells work to bring change for AA?
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All of the above
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Whose murder inspired Ida B Wells to take on the cause of lynching?
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Her best friend
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How old Ida B Wells when she assumed responsibility for younger siblings?
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16
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How long was Ida B Wells exited from the south for raising the issue of lynching?
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30 years
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What black college did Booker T. Washington found in 1872?
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Tuskegee Institute
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What was Washington's approach to improving the conditions of AA men?
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All of the above
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Who was Marcus Garvey anxious to meet when he came to the U.S?
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Booker T Washington
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What organization did Marcus Garvey form in Jamaica in 1914?
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Universal Negro Improvement
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Garvey wanted to establish a settlement in Liberia, what stopped him?
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The gov. blocked his request to the league of nations since they wanted to maintain power for themselves
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What proposal was Garvey best remembered for?
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Establishing the black star, a group of steamship
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When he purchased the steamships to facilitate trade?
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Political interest to blacks was economics
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T/F: the star line was used to transport blacks back to Africa
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False
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How did AA leader like Du Bois view Garvey?
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They continually denigrated him and his ideas calling him dangerous and a fool
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T/F: Du Bois was the primary organizer of Pan Africa?
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TRUE
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What is true about Du Bois beliefs regarding self-rule Africa?
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He believed at the time Africans were capable of governing without the help from their colonial powers
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What was the biggest problem facing Du Boise faced in Africa under the Colonialism?
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Economic Oppression
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Who organized the Niagara movement?
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W.E.B Du Bois
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What did Niagara Movement Demand in 1905?
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The AA should protest vigorously
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Who issued call on Lincoln's birthday that lead to the formation of the NAACP?
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Oswald Garrison Villard
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What was true about the Black upper class in early twentieth century?
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All the above
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What did the NAACP and Black Newspapers want to change for Africans in WWI?
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They pushed for black officers to command black troops
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What was true about early NAACP?
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White leaders dominated and financed it
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What was the result of Washington scheming to destroy NAACP?
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The NAACP eventually tactically triumphed in goal and tactics
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What method did NAACP use to try to gain AA civil and political rights?
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They worked with the court and legislature system chipping away at discrimination, racism, and the Plessy V. Ferguson decision
