Fresno City College African American History Questions

the U.S. Constitution

the development of wheat as a cash crop

the Whiskey Rebellion

the War of 1812

Indians saw African Americans as their natural allies.

Indians and African Americans had a complex relationship.

Indians were universally hostile to African Americans.

Indians and African Americans had little or nothing to do with each other.

opposed Radical Reconstruction

acquiesced to Radical Reconstruction

were enthusiastic about Radical Reconstruction

were indifferent to Radical Reconstruction

prisoners of war

skilled craftsmen

young men of military age

women and children

They were always well qualified for their offices.

A large majority had attended college.

A majority of them were literate.

Farmers and workers were poorly represented.

Vermont

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Ghana

Mali

Nubia

Songhai

played no role in the fighting

fought on the British side

fought on the Patriot side

fought on both sides

Black people were vastly inferior to white people.

The South should be ruled by its aristocratic elite.

The South should suffer extreme punishment for starting the Civil War.

Black people should one day enjoy full political rights.

It was always a permanent condition.

It was more common in the forest region than in the savannah.

Slaves had no legal rights whatsoever.

Some slaves owned property and held positions of power.

cotton

sugar

tobacco

indigo

called for the abolition of slavery

accused the British of fomenting slave uprisings

explicitly questioned the morality of slavery

openly declared all races to be equal

Elderly slaves

Female slaves

Young male slaves

Married slaves

Vermont

Texas

Missouri

Maine

It made all people born in the United States citizens.

It pardoned many of the people Johnson had condemned.

It made the black codes constitutional.

It explicitly gave black men the right to vote.

three to four weeks

four to six weeks

two to three months

three to five months

selective breeding

incestuous relationships

interracial sexual contact

the process of acculturation

black people made up the majority of agricultural laborers in the Chesapeake colonies.

there were no more than a hundred black people in the Chesapeake colonies.

black and white people worked side by side in tobacco fields in the Chesapeake colonies.

most black people in the Chesapeake colonies worked as artisans and craftspeople.

Most were happy to send their children to integrated schools.

Most worried that educated African Americans would leave the South.

Most thought that such efforts would contribute to postwar prosperity.

Most considered such efforts to be pointless.

Egypt

Mali

Great Zimbabwe

Ghana

They thought it would damage American prestige.

They thought that black people would undermine white morale.

They lacked the equipment and uniforms to accept everyone.

They thought that black people were cowardly and their enlistment would inspire rebellion.

unsanitary conditions

deliberate cruelty

mass suicides

inherent dangers in sea travel

tobacco

rice

cotton

wheat

One part of the system entailed traders carrying African goods to Europe in exchange for slaves, ivory, precious gemstones, and art works.

The middle part of the trade included traders carrying African slaves to the West Indies and exchanging slaves for sugar.

Sugar was exported to Australia on the third leg of the triangle.

White Americans from Britain’s New England colonies were not involved in the trade.

education

religion

migration

wage labor

slave uprisings occurred across the South

many slaves seized the opportunity to escape

British leaders actively recruited black people

the British enslaved many free black people

Women served as the rulers of Egypt because it was a matriarchal society.

Women were treated as property and were allowed no legal rights once married.

Women held a relatively high status, could own property, and be public officials.

Women lived separately from men, rarely interacting with Egyptian society.

modern humans

pre-humans

the great apes

the first tool-users

Lutherans

Catholics

Episcopalians

Baptists

They came with considerable personal wealth.

The English did not have a law establishing slavery.

They came as voluntary immigrants.

They had begun their journey to Jamestown from England.

a quarter

a third

half

three-quarters

graduates of southern colleges

Democratic Party leaders

white farmers

Confederate veterans

family and the labor union

school and the church

family and the church

the self-help society and the school

Missouri

Wisconsin

Kansas

Nebraska

Lord Cornwallis

Benedict Arnold

George Washington

Lord Dunmore

European intervention

migration

wars

poverty