Ethnic Studies Final Exam Review

Flashcards for vocabulary review

Indentured Servant

A servant who paid back his trip to the Americas with labor

Loose Packing

Packing the slaves with more space in living quarters so less of them would die

Bacon's Rebellion

A rebellion of farmers and servants angry about the Indentured Servant system

Middle Passage

The route moving the enslaved from Africa to the Americas

Dred Scott

A slave who sued for his freedom

Homer Plessy

Refused to move from the 'whites-only' passenger section of a train car

Scott v Sanford ruling

Northerners perceived that the ruling extended slavery into the North

Ancient Civilizations who enslaved humans

All of the above

European countries known for the movement and sale of the enslaved

All of the above

Majority ethnic group in California

Latino

Slave Fork

A device used to keep the enslaved under control with a forked branch, pierced with two holes so that an iron pin comes across the neck of the slave.

Why African Slaves helped Europeans capture slaves

Get money and weapons such as guns to defeat rival tribes

Jim Crow Laws

A term used to describe the set of rules in the South that were allegedly 'separate but equal

Plessy v Ferguson

Brought us the doctrine of 'Separate but Equal'

Immigration

Moving from your country to a new country

Most underrepresented group in the media

Hispanic/Latino

White Supremacy group formed in the 1860's during Reconstruction in America

Ku Klux Klan

Cyberbullying

Bullying through electronic means using the Internet, email, facebook, texting or chat rooms

Fuel for Immigration to America in the late 19th and early 20th century (1870-1910)

Job opportunities in big cities due to the Industrial Revolution

Is not a pull factor

War and famine in my current country

Is not a push factor

Economic Booms

Juanita has just moved to the USA from Venezuela to get away from country run a by a corrupt dictator

Push Factor

Stereotype

A broad generalization about a particular group of people

Prejudice

Making a judgment or decision about someone before you meet them

Racism

When members of one racial or religious group consider themselves to be superior to another racial or religious group

Diversity

The characteristics and attributes that make us different from others

Tolerance

When we accept and respect someone for who they are we show our-

Victim

Whether a statement can be viewed as sexual harassment depends on the perception of the

Hazing

Any action taken or any situation intentionally by either a fraternity/sorority organizations, clubs or sports teams to produce mental or physical discomfort

The Generation Gap

The many differences between teenagers and their parents can be best described as

Chris has just moved to the USA from Ireland to attend college at the University of San Francisco

Pull Factor

Chinese Exclusion Act

It was passed to slow down the arrival of Chinese immigrants to America

Describes the concept of internment and the treatment of US citizens of Japanese descent during World War II

117,000 Japanese Americans were placed in Relocation Centers

The Literacy Act of 1917, which now required that arriving immigrants take a simple English test upon arrival was specifically passed to slow down immigration from -

literacy test