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2926// American Heritage Final EXPLAINED GUIDE
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The Middle Passage, Maafa The passage from Africa to the Americas where slaves were transported. Maafa- Swahili for national
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(^1) The Middle Passage, Maafa 2 Barrio
(^3) Pogram 4 Manzanar
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16-inch Formula 16 inches wide, 6 feet long, 2 feet high. Those are the dimensions of the space for each slave on the slave ships.
Emmett Till In 1955 a 14 year old African-American boy was visiting family in Mississippi and was brutally murdered by two white men for whistling at a white cashier woman.
Chicanos A term used to recognize Mexican-Americans in the United States
Pogram An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, occurred in waves for jewish-americans This includes massacre of the people, and the destruction of their shops and synagogues.
The New Negro Black rebirth Referred to as the manifesto of the movement
Mestizo Mestizo is the feeling of being an outsider within. For example, people who are split race do not feel like they belong in either race.
Diaspora The forced scattering of any people from their original homeland.
Manifest Destiny American belief that expansion West of the Mississippi River was justifiable to enhance their social, economic, political standings.
"Coded Speak" Through designs on quilts, slaves were able to coordinate escapes and follow the underground railroad.
Lynching The practice whereby a mob--usually several dozen or several hundred persons--takes the law into its own hands in order to injure and kill a person accused of some wrongdoing.
NAACP, 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Ideology Systems of beliefs or ideas/views that often make us think they are naturally true.
1955 The two white men that murdered Emmett Till were tried Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
Red Summer, 1919 25 race riots occur between Summer and end of 1919, whites and blacks compete for jobs 83 documented lynchings and 14 Black soldiers killed by public burnings
Minstrels America's first form of entertainment.
Oppression Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. Psychological control through stereotypes that the victims themselves eventually begin to believe.
Jim Crow African dance. Jim Crow character was crippled, tattered, and exaggerated.
The Doll Test 1945- Drs. Clark used four dolls, identical except for color, to test children's racial perceptions.
Henry Ossawa Tanner Paints scenes of black families. The Banjo Lesson, 1893
The Harmon Foundation Founded in 1922 Gives money to talented African-Americans
William E. Harmon First suburban developer Created parks for the underprivileged Founded the Harmon Foundation
The Harlem Renaissance Flourishing of African American social thought and art in Harlem during the 1920s.
Strange Fruit Poem about lynching written by Abel Meeropol and it was sung by Billie Holiday Dance by Pearl Primus in 1943 Sculpture about lynching created by Alison Saar
Pearl Primus Choreographer of a dance called "Strange Fruit" based off the poem about lynchings
Alain Locke Author and Editor
Kara Walker Artist that creates silhouette work about Black oppression.
Carrie Mae Weems Photographer. Took old degaratypes and etched on the glass.
Chinese Exclusionary Act, 1882 Prohibited the entry of Chinese laborers into the U.S. and denied naturalization citizenship to the Chinese already there U.S. unemployment started rising, so they were worried that the Chinese were going to push white Americans out of jobs
Executive Order 9066 President Roosevelt ordered for their relocation, over 127,000 imprisoned, ⅔ were Nisei and had never been to Japan
Manzanar One of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during WWII
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1911 The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers.
Shtetl Jewish people resided and worked in a small colony where they only met people within their own nationality.
Dumb-bell Tenemants Tenements built in New York City that every habitable room had a window opening to plain air, a requirement that was met by including air shafts between adjacent buildings. Shaped like a dumbbell.
Picture Brides the practice in the early 20th century of immigrant workers in Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States selecting brides from their native countries via a matchmaker, who paired bride and groom using only photographs and family recommendations of the possible candidates
442nd Regiment In Hawaii, the Japanese had not been locked up and they had the highest recruitment rates
Army of Tailors The majority of jewish immigrants worked as garment workers due to a pre-existing skill-set.
Anti-Semitism Hatred of jews. Fueled by jewish success.
Pidgin English A grammatically simplified form of a English, used for communication between people not sharing a common language.
Greaser Act Defined all people with traces of Mexican or Indian blood and who were armed and violent.
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Vaqueros Cattle-driver; rancher.
The Nadir: 1890-1940 The lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair. After the civil war...
