AAS Unit 2

Unit 2 through the fire

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African American Studies: Unit 2, Through the Fire (Enslavement, Reconstruction and Redemption)

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The slave trade reaches Jamestown, VA in 1775

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The slave trade landed in Jamestown, VA in 1619

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South Carolina passes this law making it illegal for slaves to move abroad, assemble in groups, raise food, earn money, and learn to read English. Owners are permitted to kill rebellious slaves if necessary.

Stono codes

Negro Act 1739

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Stono rebellion, Florida, where the Spanish were offering freedom and land to any fugitive slave. White colonists quickly passed a Negro Act that further limited slave privileges.

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NEGRO ACT 1739

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By signing this document the American Revolution had begun

decleration of Independence

Magna Carta

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Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries, the Decleration of Independence declared the United States as a free state and triggered the start of the American Revolution

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DECLERATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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In the Constitution of 1787, this was included on how to count each slave to determine representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes

Slave Code Census

Three-Fifths Compromise

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In the Constitution of 1787, the Three-Fifths Compromise was included on how to count each slave to determine representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes

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THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE

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This is a machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793; actually increased the demand for enslaved labor

The cotton gin

the Whitney wheel

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The Cotton Gin is a machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793; actually increased the demand for enslaved labor

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THE COTTON GIN

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This is the year the international slave trade in the US ended

1886

1808

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The Slave Trade Ban in 1808 meant no new slaves could come to America

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1808

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This compromise in 1820 decided which states could be slave states and free states.

Missouri compromise

mason dixon compromise

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In 1820, the Missouri Compromise decided Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.

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MISSOURI COMPROMISE

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Also called the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, this abolished slavery in Mexico, but not Texas

Guerrero Decree

tejas exemption

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The Duerrero Decree in 1829 abolished slavery in Mexico, except in Texas (Isthmus of Tehuantepec). Remember Texas became a Republic 1836 until it jloined the union in 1846

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GUERRERO DECREE

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The Fugitive Slave Act declared that any slave who escaped the south to be free.

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The Fugitive Slave Act (1850) was a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders

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This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852, vividly dramatizing the experience of slavery.

narrative of fredrick douglas

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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The novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852. An abolitionist novel, it achieved wide popularity, particularly among white readers in the North, by vividly dramatizing the experience of slavery.

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uncle tom's cabin

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In 1854 this gave the people in their territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty

kansas-nebraska Act

missouri compromise

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1854 - Created Nebraska - Kansas Act giving the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.

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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

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This U.S Supreme Court decided in 1854 a former slave couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.

freedman act

dred scott decision

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A Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided in 1854 he couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.

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dred scott decision

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In 1854, this became a trigger for the Civil War

Raid on Harper's ferry

overturning of missouri compromise

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In 1854, John Brown's plan to take over a gun warehouse (federal arsenal), give out weapons to slaves and lead a revolt; Brown becomes a martyr for the abolitionist cause and a trigger for the Civil War

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RAID ON HARPER'S FERRY

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1861-1865 Union States in the North vs Confederates States in the South war was over-

Slavery & Succeeding

legalizing Slavery in the north

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The American Civil War was 1861-1865: War between North (union states) and South (confederate states) over slavery and succeeding.

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SLAVERY & SUCCEEDING

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Issued by Lincoln in 1863, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

confederate treaty

emancipation proclamation

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Proclamation issued by Lincoln in 1863, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

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emancipation proclamation

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Drag the Number to the Amendment

"all persons born or naturalized in the US" are citizens

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

extended suffrage to Africian american men

Freed all slaves, abolished slavery.

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Drag the Number to the Amendment

"all persons born or naturalized in the US" are citizens

14th Amendment

extended suffrage to Africian american men

15th Amendment

Freed all slaves, abolished slavery.

13th Amendment

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Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves

jim crow laws

black codes

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Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War, 1865 forward..

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Black Codes

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Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom.

freedmen's bureau

black codes

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1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs

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FREEDMEN'S BUREAU

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Organization that started in TN in 1966-promotes hatred and discrimination against non-whites and non-Protestants

Confederate brothers

Ku Klux Klan

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The KKK is an organization that started in TN in 1966. It promotes hatred and discrimination against non-whites and non-Protestants.

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ku klux klan

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A system used on southern farms during the 1870's in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.

sharecropping

crop rotation

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A system used on southern farms during the 1870's in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.

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sharecropping

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In 1873, armed whites assaulted a Louisiana town, with a small cannon, killing hundreds of former slaves and fifty black militia members after they surrendered.

colfax massacre

cajun uprising

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In 1873, armed whites assaulted the town of Colfax, Louisiana, with a small cannon, killing hundreds of former slaves and fifty black militia members after they surrendered.

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colfax massacre

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This provided convict labor to private parties such as railroad companies or plantation owners

dred scott decision

convict lease system

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During the late 1800's-early 1900's, the Convict Lease System provided convict labor to private parties such as railroad companies or plantation owners

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Convict Lease System

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Colleges could not discriminate against African Americans,unless there was an African American college nearby

second morrill act

brown v board of education

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An 1890 law that stated that colleges could not discriminate against african americans unless there was an African American college nearby this second act provided federal support to states ot create separate but equal colleges for African Americans

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second morrill act

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Attempted anti-lynching bill introduced in 1921

anti-execution bill

Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill

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Introduced in 1921 by Congressman Leonidas Dyer (R) Missouri. the bill was designed to end the crime of lynching nationwide. aided by the NAACP, the Bill passes the house, but lost in the Senate

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Dyer anti-lynching bill

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A 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal

loving v. virginia

Plessy v. Ferguson

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1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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A 1917 deadly riot broke out between Black enlisted soldiers in the Houston area and white soldiers

camp logan mutiny

greenwood masacre

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A deadly tragic riot broke out in 1917 between Black enlisted soldiers in the Houston area and white soldiers; epitome of the stark race relations during this time period

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camp logan mutiny

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In 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood known as "Black Wall Street"

gilcrease riot

greenwood masacre

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In 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. known as "Black Wall Street"

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GREENWOOD MASACRE

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Founded in 1906 neighbourhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where in the early 20th century African Americans had created a self-sufficient prosperous business district.

greenwood hills

black wall street

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Founded in 1906, the Greenwood neighbourhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became known as Black Wall Street. In the early 20th century African Americans had created a self-sufficient prosperous business district.

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BLACK WALL STREET

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1923-racially motivated massacre of several African Americans in a Florida town that ignited as a result of a rumor that a black man had assaulted a white woman

miami dade massacre

rosewood incident

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1923-racially motivated massacre of several African Americans in a Florida town that ignited as a result of a rumor that a black man had assaulted a white woman

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ROSEWOOD INCIDENT

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An interracial organization formed in 1910 to help solve social problems facing African Americans who lived in the cities

NATIONAL URBAN LEAGuE

naacp

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The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment, equality, and social justice. Founded in 1910 and headquartered in New York City, the Urban League collaborates at the national and local levels with community leaders, policymakers, and corporate partners to elevate the standards of living for African Americans and other historically underserved groups.

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national urban league

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Organization founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914 to promote black self-help, pan-Africanism, and racial separatism.

unia

naacp

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Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) is an organization founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914 to promote black self-help, pan-Africanism, and racial separatism.

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unia

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Schools, vocational shops and teacher's homes built for African American children across the segregated south.

greenburg schools

rosenwald fund

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1917 philanthropist Julius Rosenwald built 5,300 rural schools, vocational shops and teacher's homes across 15 states for African American children across the segregated south known as the Rosenwald Schools.

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rosenwald fund

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What was the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?

union for migrant workers

pullman company union

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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was a union founded by A.Philip Randolph in 1925 to help African Americans who worked for the Pullman Company.

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PULLMAN COMPANY UNION

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This case held the 14th amendment denies states power to exclude blacks from the right to vote in elections

NIXON V. HERNDON

pullman company union

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In 1927, this case held the 14th amendment denies states power to exclude blacks from the right to vote in elections. i.e. white-only elections deny "equal protection of the laws"

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NIXON V. HErNDoN