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Although euro-american thinkers reclassified egyptians caucasian people starting in the 19th century, ancient Greek writers described the egyptians this way
Black skinned with wooly hair
When about was Nubia settled
8000 B.C.E.
Nubia’s relationship with Egypt can best be described as____
complex
What technologies emerged among the Nok people of Nigeria as early as 500 B.C.E
iron smelting and forging technology
What people’s migration pattern may have been shaped by climate change along the Sahara
Bantu
Which of the following resources was in ample supply in Nubia
Gold
Which Nubian king is the first to be mentioned by name in any written documents
Alara
In the Nubian war with the Egyptians, Kashta pushed Nubia’s borders north and captured what major egyptian city
Thebes
In the 2nd century AD, the nubians changed over time using_______ to a new meroitic writing system
Egyptian Hirogrifics
What is the popular theory as to how the Kingdom of Kush came to an end
Axum invaded and captured Murow
The Kingdom of Benin has a monument showing a warrior standing triumph over
British Soldiers
Due to its location what city was conquered and contested numerous times in history
Djenne
What figure of what animal meant something bad was coming to a person in West Africa
Leopard
What was built under cliffs that helped preserve them and the food they stored
the granaries
Thousands of african artifacts are housed at the
British museum
Which religion was the primary choice of west africa’s commercial elite
islam
Most people in Africa lived in kingdoms of modest size city-states, or governed villages (also called_______)
Stateless Societies
West africa societies placed wealth and power in what
people
How did african rulers use slaves to bolster their militaries
sale of slaves to purchase
What kinds of crimes in west africa could result in someone being sentenced to slavery
adultry, sorcery, and murder
Europeans had little knowledge of the African coast south of what
Cape of bojador
The portuguese were able to navigate the dangerous winds along the African coast due to what ships
Karacks and parables
The expeditions into africa by what country marked the start of atlantic slave trade
Portugual
How did the portuguese crown address the issues they were having in getting slaves from africa
negotiatied with african rulers
Which pope issued the decree that indians were rational beings and could be converted leaving africans as their sole source of slaves
pope paul II
By 1830 ________ was the only northern state that still had a significant number of slaves.
New Jersey
French writer Alexis de Tocqueville noted in 1831 that “prejudice of the race appears to be stronger in the states that have ___________ then those where it still exists”
abolished slavery
Which of the following is one of the 5 states that had Black Laws that discouraged or prohibited free blacks from settling in those states
Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois,and Ohio
The free blacks encountered economic discrimination while competing with working-class whites and ___________ for jobs
immigrants
During the 1840s and 1850s anti immigrant, anti-catholic “____________”won political offices in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania
Know nothings
In 1830 the first in a series of gatherings that became known as the “Black Convention Movement” occured in what city
Philadelphia
Most black newspaper needed what to survive
White wealthy people
Who wrote the book My bondage My freedom
Fredrick Douglass
What ex-slave from New York won her and her son’s freedom in court and became a lecturer, spiritualist, and preacher
sojourner truth
What man led the moral suasion wing of the abolitionist movement
william lloyd garrison
Which political party received a boost in popularity due to Texas being admitted to the Union as a slave state
liberty party
What was wilmot proviso
An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the U.S congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican american war
Which supreme court case ruled personal liberty laws were unconstitutional
prigg v. pennsylvania
After the fugitive slave act of 1850 was passed _________ which had at one time been all black became increasingly interracial
vigilance commities
What congressman assisted in the defense of 3 white quakers and 35 blacks who were arrested for the death of a slave holder and his son in september of 1851
Thaddeus Stevens
After John Brown and his sons massacred five pro-slavery men, Kansas became known as” _________ Kansas”
Bleeding Kansas
John Brown at his trial: “Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, I ________”
submit
How many slaveholding states did Abraham Lincoln win
0
Fredrick Douglass: “Mr lincoln is a genuine representative of American prejudice and Negro ________, and far more concerned for the preservation of slavery then for any principle of justice and humanity”
hatred
Which amendment to the Constitution banned slavery
13th amendment
Lincoln’s plan for reconstructing the south could best be described as
lenient
After lincoln’s assassination Andrew Johnson created a plan that was very similar to lincoln’s plan, How was it different
Excluded high ranking confederates and wealthy landowners
The 14th amendment
established former slaves as U.S citizens
How were tens of thousands of african americans lost during the war
they were fighting in the war
Which of the following is one of the schools created by african americans
fisk university, hampton institute,and howard university
Which of the following promised slaves 40 acres and a mule if they joined the union army
general sherman
Frustrated white southerners formed vigilante groups and violence to intimidate blacks, which of the following is one of those vigilante groups
KKK
Which of the following is a reason blacks escaped the south
violence, poverty, and lynchings
The US saw a large number of immigrants from europe in 1914. these numbers dropped in 1915 due to what world event
WWI
__________ clubs were common in the south, helping newcomers find a place to stay and pooled resources to help family members and friends move north
Migration
a majority of the blacks in america lived in the south until what decade
1960s
For many blacks their exit from the south reminded them of what biblical story
exodus;moses
What well known clubs were initiated by the Urban League to help black urban youth
Big brothers and Big sisters
Long established chicago churches like _________(the city’s oldest black church) reached out to black southern migrants to join their congregation
Quinn chapel AME
What services did the church provide the southern black families that relocated to chicago
Employment services, transport services, and helped find homes
How did the formal christian worship services that middle-class blacks were accustomed with change
More emotionally intense
How did packinghouse managers use black migrant workers in 1921
To replace striking workers
Who allowed local NAACP and national urban league to use their business space to hold their meetings and gatherings
black funeral directors
___________ provided jobs and an avenue for activism among black women in chicago
Beauty culture
At the start of WWI, blacks, made up 10% of the US population and ____% of the draftees
13%
Most black soldiers during WWI worked in support units responsible for doing what
loading and unloading supplies
What replaced guns in the combat training of black soldiers
shovels and pick axes
What award did the 369th regiment receive
croix de guerre
Who coined the phrase “red summer” describing the racial violence of 1919
James weldon johnson
What caused a white mob to attack detroit physician Ossian Sweet
moved his family into a white neighborhood
Chicago’s urban league was created during what event
riots 1919
How did James Weldon Johnson increase the membership of the NAACP
$1 membership
Marcus Garvey started what civil rights organization
UNIA
Which of the following was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance
Langston hughes, Claude Mckay, and Cullen
Which of the following was a jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance
Louis Armstrong, duke ellington, ma rainy
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