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Unit II: Test Review
Name__________________________________ Race & Membership in US History: LS RHS Review for Unit II: ​
Race in America
I. VOCABULARY ­ be able to identify/define ​
and​
​
explain the significance​
of the following: a) Significant Individuals​
:
­ Hans Blumenbach
­ James Jackson (GA) ­ Christoph Meiners
­ James Madison (VA) ­ Samuel G. Morton
­ Chief Saguoaha (Red Jacket) ­ Petrus Camper
­ Ben Franklin (PA) ­ Nathaniel Bacon
­ Dred Scott ­ Jean de Crevecoeur
­ Frederick Douglass ­ Thomas Jefferson*
­ Homer Plessy b) Significant Vocabulary: ­ Caucasian / Georgian (Blumenbach)
­ Jamestown & slave laws ­ racial hierarchies (Meiners)
­ Indian Removal ­ monogenesis (Camper)
­ chattel slavery ­ polygenesis (Morton)
­ Declaration of Independence ­ indentured servant
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Compromise ­ headright system
­ Bill of Rights (*Amendment X) ­ elite plantation owners
­ Cherokee “civilization” programs II. THEMATIC REVIEW: ➢ How did different European philosopher/scientists explain race? ➢ How did American philosopher/scientists’ theories compare with the Europeans? ➢ What group is generally given responsibility for first coining the term “white”? Why was this? ➢ Why was Bacon’s Rebellion one of the most significant events in American colonial history? ➢ How did landowning elite farmers drive a wedge between poor white and black servants? ➢ How did Jean de Crevecoeur and Thomas Jefferson disagree about the prototype “American”? ➢ What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the scientific inquiry about racial differences? ➢ What is the connection between the worldviews of Saguoaha and Frederick Douglass? ➢ What truths did Frederick Douglass reveal about the system of chattel slavery in the US? ➢ What was Ben Franklin’s final political passion, and what effect did his death have on this goal? ➢ What role did James Madison play in establishing a divided (and confused) nation? ➢ What was the common theme used by the SCOTUS in deciding cases on slavery and segregation? ➢ In what ways has ​
Silence​
played a role in shaping racial realities in the United States? Format: ❖ 15 multiple choice questions ­ use mini Scan Tron
> 15 ❖ 4 terms → identify/define and explain significance (choice)
> 16 ❖ Open Response → 2 paragraph response to prompt (choice & menu)
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