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HIST 2061 LSU
Final Exam Review
115
History
Undergraduate 1
12/03/2010

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NAAL
Definition
National Afro-American League
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NAACP
Definition
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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UNIA/ACL
Definition
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
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UDL
Definition
United Defense League
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CORE
Definition
Congress of Racial Equality
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BSCP
Definition
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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NUL
Definition
National Urban League
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NOI
Definition
Nation of Islam
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AAC
Definition
Afro-American Council
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ANA
Definition
American Negro Academy
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SCLC
Definition
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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SNCC
Definition
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
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RAM
Definition
Revolutionary Action Movement
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MFDP
Definition
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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MIA
Definition
Montgomery Improvement Association
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PUSH
Definition
People United to Save Humanity
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ACMHR
Definition
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
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FOR
Definition
Fellowship of Reconciliation
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CIC
Definition
Commission on Interracial Cooperation
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MOWM
Definition
March on Washington Movement
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ANLC
Definition
American Negro Labor Congress
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BPP
Definition
Black Panther Party
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COFO
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Council of Federated Organizations
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SDS
Definition
Students for a Democratic Society
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DDJD
Definition
Deacons for Democracy Justice and Defense
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"Chattel" was the term used to refer to:
Definition
property
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The legal process used by some Northern states to eliminate slavery
Definition
gradual emancipation
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The informal network that enslaved Africans used to escape to the North and other free territories
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Underground Railroad
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The famous case in which the Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans were not citizens of the United States
Definition
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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Pilot of the Steamboat Planter and a Civil War hero
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Robert Smalls
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Author of the speech "And Ain't I a Woman"
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Sojourner Truth
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The founder of the American Negro Academy
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Alexander Crummel
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The first "trade" that connected over three continents
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Triangle Trade
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Margaret Garner's life story was the inspiration for the novel:
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Beloved
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The first former enslaved African to write his own autobiography
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Olaudah Equiano
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The trade that linked the Mediterranean world
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Trans-Saharan Trade
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What was the percentage of lawyers, ministers, and public officials who owned slaves at the height of slavery in Connecticut?
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50%
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The article The Hamitic Myth was written by:
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Edith Sanders
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The most pervasive theme of American history is:
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domination of white over black
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The most popular form of entertainment from 1850-1930
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minstrel shows
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Jim Crow lasted from:
Definition
1896-1965
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Title of the book written by Gunnar Myrdal
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An American Dilemma
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The 1915 silent film that glorified the KKK
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Birth of a Nation
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What is the American obession according to Studs Terkel?
Definition
race
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Laws enacted by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict black mobility
Definition
Black Codes
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The first Civil Rights Law that declared all native born Americans citizens
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
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The idea that slavery was a system of structure and harmony
Definition
Magnolia Myth
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The author of Souls of Black Folk
Definition
WEB DuBois
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed how many slaves?
Definition
0
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The twin legacies of slavery according to Loewen
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social and economic inferiority
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The most racist academic discipline according to Genovese
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history
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Granted all Americans access to public accomodations and transportation
Definition
Civil Rights Act of 1875
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The first Negro History was celebrated in what year?
Definition
1926
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Established the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division/Federal Civil Rights Commission
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William Rogers
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The first black mayor of East Baton Rouge Parish
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Kip Holden
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A project by CORE and SNCC to recruit Northern college students to register Mississippi blacks to vote
Definition
Freedom Summer
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A tactic used during the Civil Rights Movement to disrupt business as usual
Definition
sit-ins
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This executive order was used to desegregate federal jobs
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9980
Term
Which amendment ended slavery?
Definition
13
Term
The amendment that gave African-American men the right to vote
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15
Term
The first African-American studies program was established at
Definition
San Francisco State
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The founder of the AME church
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Richard Allen
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What was not a part of the Black Studies Movement?
Definition
women's studies
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Author of what was known as the "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World"
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David Walker
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Leader of a failed slave revolt in Virginia
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Gabriel Prosser
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The enslaved African that accompanied Lewis and Clark
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York
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Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The author of the report The Negro Family:A Case for National Action
Definition
Daniel Patrick Monyihan
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This woman attempted to open a school for colored girls in Connecticut
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Prudence Crandall
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This amendment gave African-Americans citizenship
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14
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The founder of Tuskeegee
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Booker T. Washington
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This case led to legalized segregation in the United States
Definition
Plessy vs. Ferguson
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The first mass protest after WWII
Definition
Baton Rouge bus boycott
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This young man was killed in Mississippi at 15 years old
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Emmett Till
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The secret government plan to destabilize African-American Civil Rights Organizations
Definition
COINTELPRO
Term
What group was not against the Garvey Movement?
Definition
KKK
Term
What was a method used by individuals to resist enslavement?
Definition
not sleeping
Term
What is the best answer to who "freed the slaves"?
Definition
Lincoln
Term
Types of hip-hop generation students
Definition
strivers, activists, wannabes
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What was not a factor in the evolution of slavery in the US?
Definition
geography
Term
African-Americans were considered 3/5 of a person by what document?
Definition
Constitution
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This African-American Civil Rights Activist gave the eulogy for Robert Williams
Definition
Rosa Parks
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Marcus Garvey was indicted on what charge?
Definition
mail fraud
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The heavyweight boxing champion known as the "Brown Bomber"
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Joe Louis
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A white supremacist organization formed after the Brown decision
Definition
White Citizen's Council
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What day was Black Monday?
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May 17
Term
Place the following in chronological order:
a. Uncle Tom's Cabin
b. Fugitive Slave Act
c. John Brown
d. Dred Scott
e. Kansas-Nebraska Act
Definition
a. Fugitive Slave Act
b. Uncle Tom's Cabin
c. Kansas-Nebraska Act
d. Dred Scott
e. John Brown
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The case that issued the edict "reverse discrimination"
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Bakke
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Author of the book Worse Than Slavery
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David Ochinsky
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This act banned voter intimidation and literacy tests at voting polls
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The famous race riot of 1896 took place in this southern city:
Definition
Wilmington
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The author of the book Negroes with Guns
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Robert Williams
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The SCLC's first executive director:
Definition
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Term
The first black heavyweight champion of the world
Definition
Jack Johnson
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The cofounder of the MFDP
Definition
Fannie Lou Hamer
Term
The Arkansas NAACP president who helped students integrate Central High
Definition
Daisy Bates
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This African-American student was the first to integrate New Orleans Public Schools
Definition
Ruby Bridges
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The architect of the NAACP's legal strategy to integrate schools
Definition
Charles Hamilton
Term
What was the motto of the Black Women's Club Movement?
Definition
"Lifting as we climb"
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Septima Clark was a
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teacher
Term
The leader of the Nashville Student Movement
Definition
James Lawson
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A white Detroit mother who was killed during the Civil Rights Movement
Definition
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
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The field order issued by General Sherman to redistribute confiscated land to freed slaves
Definition
Field Order 15
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Which technological invention did not play a role in the Civil War?
Definition
gatlin gun
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A white CORE member who was murdered in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement
Definition
Michael Schwerner
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The Harlem Clergyman/Congressman who was beaten to death in Selma, AL
Definition
James Reeb
Term
The first black member of the FBI went by what Bureau name?
Definition
800
Term
The two Black Panthers that were killed in Chicago during a police raid
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Fred Hampton and Mark Clark
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The leader of the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
Definition
Rev. TJ Jemison
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What is the best label for the Louisiana Redeemers?
Definition
Bourbon democrats
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What metaphor did Booker T. Washington use to endorse segregation?
Definition
fingers and hands
Term
In what war has America had the most casualties?
Definition
Civil War
Term
The devastating riot that occurred in 1965 that discouraged whites about the Civil Rights Movement
Definition
Watts Riots
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The federal commission that blamed whites for the rioting of the 60s
Definition
Kerner Commission
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The association that coordinated the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Definition
Montgomery Improvement Association
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