African American History

Elective; Kline study guide

Who is Mansa Musa

Leader of Mali, who made Timbuktu an important center of learning; richest man on earth

What is a griot

Oral storyteller in African kingdoms who passed down the history of the people

Where were most of the early African kingdoms located

West Africa

What was the Middle Passage

Part of the triangular trade system, it was the worst part of the journey

What were some different ways that slaves “revolted”

Worked slower, broke tools, sang songs, created own traditions (jumping the broom)

What was the Fugitive Slave Act

An act passed by Congress that said that anyone who caught a runaway slave had to return them to the owner

What were some ways that abolitionists tried to get rid of slavery

Writing pamphlets, speaking out against it, writing petitions to change laws, helping slaves escape, leading attacks

What are the 13th-15th amendments

13th outlawed slavery, 14th granted citizenship, 15th called for equal rights

What are Jim Crow laws

Laws that were passed to keep segregation legal

What was the Great Migration

When many African Americans moved from the South to the North after slavery to have more opportunities

What should you associate Langston Hughes with

The Harlem Renaissance; writer of poems

Know what you should associate with Booker T. Washington, W..E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and A. Phillip Randolph - how did they differ in their approaches?

All were pushing for more equality.

Booker- teach job skills first, then equality

DuBois- the “talented 10th”

Garvey- back to Africa movement

Randolph- unionize to get strength in numbers

What happened in Tulsa OK in 1921?

Massacre against the more successful blacks on “Black Wall Street” after allegations of rape

What is the importance of the murders of Harry T. Moore and Emmett Till?

They brought attention to the racism and helped create the push for civil rights

What was the goal of the Freedom Rides?

To end segregation on the buses across state lines

How were MLK, Jr.’s and Malcolm X’s approaches to civil rights different?

MLK- work with the white majority to get changes made; nonviolence

Malcolm X- if whites are not accepting, then blacks should segregate themselves; “black nationalism”; Nation of Islam; black pride