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WorksheetsAfrican American History I midterm review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which of the following was the most common among runaway slaves?
Mothers with their young children
teenage girls
Young males
whole families running off together
A hidden message could be found in slave spirituals when referencing "The Promised Land", what was this promised land?
The North
Heaven
Africa
death
Which best represents President Lincoln's attitudes towards slavery
did not like it but would end or continue if it kept union together
he was an abolitionist
he owned slaves
He ran his campaign on the promise to end slavery
The 13th amendment states that slavery is unlawful...Except?
In states within the Southern borders
when considered part of an internship or apprenticeship
as a form of punishment
when parents need children to work
Which of the following is true?
Most white Southerners owned only one or two slaves
Most white Southerners lived on plantations and owned many slaves
Most white Southerners did not own any slaves
Most white Southerners worked alongside slaves during their indentured servitude
Which of the following leaders argued that African Americans could only be truly free if they returned to Africa?
W.E.B. Dubois
Marcus Garvey
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Which of the following best represents views held by Booker T Washington?
Blacks must get a liberal arts education
The top ten percent of the race can and should pull up the others
Started the United Negro Improvement Association
Believed African Americans should accept segregation...for a time.
Whose murder caused organizers to form BLM or Black Lives Matter?
George Floyd
Breona Taylor
Chris Gardner
Trayvon Martin
Which of the following is the best statement to describe the Great Migration in American History?
a joyous time when African Americans picked up roots and traveled to the North in search of a better life
A time when African Americans were fleeing racial hostility& violence of the South in the hopes of a brighter future
A time when whites and blacks left the South for economic opportunities
A time when African Americans left the South to be part of what become known as The Harlem Renaissance
What was the underling issue that led to the Tulsa Massacre?
A fight over oil rights between the White community and the Black community
The alleged rape of a white girl
Anger & resentment whites felt because segregation did not prevent Blacks from success & prosperity
The Federal Government organized the attack prior to the massacre
Members of the 54th Massachusetts infantry would informed that what would happen to them, as soldiers, if they were taken by the Confederacy?
They would be re-enslaved
They would be executed
They would be returned to the North
They would be sent to the Caribbean to serve as slaves
What famous abolitionist convinced President Lincoln to a call for Black Union soldiers?
Henry Turner
Claude McKay
Phyllis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
What former NFL player lost his football career because he took a knee during the National Anthem to protest police brutality against African Americans?
Charles Woodson
James Lofton
Ray Rice
Colin Kaepernick
The voyage slave ships made from Africa to America is known as?
the Middle Passage
The Triangular Trade
The Atlantic Sea crossing
The Crossing
Africans who threw themselves overboard while on slave ships believed that their soul would go where?
to heaven
Mecca
Return to Africa
remain in the ocean
This term refers to the time when slave masters and overseers tried to destroy the spirit of Africans forced into slavery
interrogation
introduction
seasoning
apprenticeship
which of the following is a true statement regarding slave rebellions and resistance?
slaves were always rebelling and resisting their condition in some way
rebellion and resistance was rare
most rebellions occurred in the deep South
Slave owners never feared rebellion from the Slave Community
How did slavery affect poor, southern whites?
It did not
It provided jobs for them
it hurt them economically, why hire a poor white guy when a planter to have a slave?
They often were forced to move to the North to find jobs in factories
Though marriage among slaves was not recognized by the law, why did slaveholders encourage slave families?
If you had people you loved on the plantation it made it more difficult to run away from them
The fear of your family being sold off to other plantations as a punishment for your running away
It would be too difficult to run away bringing your entire family
All of these are true
Why was it illegal for slaves to have or play the drums?
Slaveholders hated the noise of drums
Africans could use drums to send messages
They feared drum music would cause slaves to be too excitable
Another attempt to deprive them of their African heritage
In 1619 the first Africans arrived in America, what was their legal condition?
They were slaves
They were free persons
They were seen as indentured servants, work for a period and then become free
they immediately left, returning to Africa
What events caused wealthy whites in America to change Africans condition from indentured servants to slaves?
Bacon's rebellion- wealthy knew it would be dangerous if poor whites and poor blacks united
The whiskey rebellion-the need to collect taxes from both poor whites and poor blacks
There never was an event, the condition of slavery was put on Africans when they first arrived
Nat Turner's rebellion
What tribe in Africa were known as "White Africans" because they were a mixture of Arabic peoples and African peoples?
The Woolof
Cape Verdians
The Fulani
The Ewu
Which best explains why Africans would have participated in the Slave trade?
to spare their own families/tribes from being enslaved
to make money
To honor their king
They didn't know that they were being sold into slavery
Why did the Mandinka teach young men that you can never kill your enemy?
Because it would violate the laws of Allah
You must respect human life
someone will always take revenge on the death, leading to a cycle of killing
both option two and three are correct
African American culture has a familial tradition of considering those outside of your family to be actual family. How did slavery start this tradition?
families were broken up, could be sold away, slaves had to make their own families
It was a tradition going back to West Africa
Slaves saw themselves as one big family with bondage as their common tie
Type of slave auction where the buyer pays for a ticket and enters a barn and is free to choose the slave he wants was known as?
On the block
grab and go
advanced purchase
leverage auctions
Most White Southerners never owned slaves
Slavery prevented White Southerners from often finding work to support their families.
Why were poor, white Southerners willing to fight and die in a war to keep a system that hurt them?
As long as there were black slaves, there was a group of people beneath them on the social hierarchy
They feared they would be competing for jobs with the former slaves if the institution ended
Wealthy whites, getting rich off of slavery convinced poor whites of their racist, ignorant beliefs
all of these explain why poor whites fought and died in the Civil War
name the women warriors who protected the Fon Kingdom in Western Africa, their image was replicated in the film Black Panther
The Mandingo warriors
The Dahomey
The Quidah
Cape Verdians
First organization where White Americans and Black Americans came together to fight for civil liberties for African Americans
The NAACP
the Niagara Movement
The Underground Railroad (abolitionists)
The Urban league
Who are considered to be the modern day Griots?
Jazz musicians
rappers
civil rights leaders
African American politicans
After the fugitive slave act of 1850 was passed, where was the only truly safe place for runaway slaves?
Vermont
Oklahoma
Canada
Mexico
how did life change for slaves when the master died?
They were often sold away from families and friends to other plantations
The overseer often took control of the running of the plantation
They were unaffected by the death of the master
The workload lessened
Nat Turner led one of the largest slave rebellions in the South killing 54 slaveholders and their children before captured. Turner believed he was told by _____ to start this rebellion?
abolitionists
his slave master
God
field slaves
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometti began what Civil Rights organization which led to a 'movement'?
The Black Panthers
Black Lives Matter
Congress on Racial Equality
Student non-violent coordinating committee
Police officers who kill unarmed African Americans often don't face charges due to what is known as "Qualified Immunity". What does this term mean?
A law that shields government officials from being held personally responsible for constitutional violations
A law that protects all Union members from prosecution
a law that prevents other officers from testifying against the accused officer
a law that allows officers present at the crime to be charged as accomplices
What were the themes of the Harlem Renaissance?
Life in the South
Trying to live life as an African American in a racist nation
Urban life in the North
Stories and tales from Africa
All of these were common themes in the writings that came out of the Harlem Renaissance
Which of the following recreated slavery after the 13th Amendment?
Jim Crow laws
Convict-Lease System
Black Codes
Slave codes
Which of the following leaders began the Niagara movement which eventually led to the organization we know as the National Association for Colored People?
Booker T. Washington
Henry McNeal Turner
W.E.B. Dubois
Marcus Garvey
What year did the U.S. see the largest number of African American registered voters than any other in history?
2020
1879
1975
2008
