Key Events and Concepts in African American History

Plessy v. Ferguson

The case that said 'Separate but Equal' was okay.

European imperialism

Africans lost money, land, rights, and freedom under it.

The Life of Olaudah Equiano

It showed how bad slavery was.

Slave ship diagram

Slaves were packed like cargo.

Triangle trade

Most Africans were taken to the Caribbean and South America.

Britain's trade to Africa

Guns and goods.

Seasoned

A word meaning a slave was ready to follow orders.

Chattel slavery

A kind of slavery that treated people like property.

South Carolina

The first state to leave the U.S. and cause war.

Lincoln's goal

To keep the country together when the South left.

Emancipation Proclamation

The document that made the Civil War about slavery.

Slave marriages

Were not legal.

Owners' preference for slave marriages

Married men worked better.

Pro-slavery excuse for abuse

Said it was okay or they 'liked it.'

Jim Crow

The name came from a racist show character.

Jim Crow laws

Made legal segregation.

Europeans joining the slave trade

For money and goods.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

A book that helped Northerners understand slavery.

Freed slaves' first desire

To own land.

Important Black place after slavery

Church.

Reconstruction Amendments

13, 14, and 15.

14th Amendment

Gave Black people equal protection under law.

Whites' reaction to Black schools

Attacked or threatened them.

Booker T. Washington's view

Jobs wouldn't challenge white power

Du Bois' stance on segregation

Fight it

19th Amendment

Gave white women the right to vote.

Progressive Movement

About fixing problems in society.

Niagara Movement

A group that wanted full Black rights.

Voting after the 19th Amendment

Not all Black women got to vote.

White Southerners' fear of women voting

Losing control.

Harlem Renaissance

A time of Black art and music.

Harlem artists' goal

To show Black pride and culture.

Great Migration

Occurred from 1910 to 1940.

Brown v. Board of Education

The case that ended 'Separate but Equal.'

Greensboro protest method

Sit-ins.

Rosa Parks' statement

She was tired of giving in, not tired from work.

Dr. King's jail letter

Discussed racism and segregation in Birmingham.