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Undergraduate 1
05/10/2009

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Term
What is xenophobia?
Definition
fear of foreigners
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What was a form of "sophisticated" racism?
Definition
social darwinism
Term
What did Congress impose on immigrants in 1921 & 1924?
Definition
immigration quotas
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What was the racist book written by D.W. Griffith?
Definition
The Birth of a Nation
Term
What was the basic storyline of "The Birth of a Nation"?
Definition
Ku Klux Klan rescues state government & white women from republicans and black people
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Who was the leader of the group of men who resurrected the Klu Klux Klan in 1915?
Definition
William J. Simmons
Term
What damaged the reputation of the Klu Klux Klan in the late 1920s?
Definition
D.C. Stephenson raped a woman who then killed herself
Term
Who played a big role in recruiting new members for the NAACP?
Definition
James Weldon Johnson
Term
What year was the UNIA founded?
Definition
1914
Term
What was the UNIA's slogan?
Definition
One God! One aim! One destiny!
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What was the Black Star Line?
Definition
a steamship company founded by Marcus Garvey in 1919
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Why was Marcus Garvey arrested in 1922?
Definition
fraudulent use of US mail
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Who mainly organized the first pan-African Congress?
Definition
Henry Sylvester Williams
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