EXAM REVIEW 2006 JUNE

(Note: note all of the information we covered in class is here, check your notes for the complete work required.)

Unit 1: About Africa

Know the map of Africa.  You will be responsible for knowing a minimum of 10 of the countries and/or their capitals.

We started with the present and made our way to the past.  Review your notes on Africville and Viola Desmond.

See Unit 1 About Africa

Unit 2: Transatlantic Trade

Study and know the details we covered in class about the transatlantic slave trade.  Among other things, be aware of the reasons for the trade, where the trading went on, which countries were involved, when the trade flourished, and what conditions the slaves had to endure.

See Unit 2 Transatlantic Trade in Slaves, and Roots Notes

Unit 3: Slaves in America

Study and know the details regarding the American War of Independence (American Revolution), the American Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the United States Constitution.  Also be knowledgeable on the information in Roots and the vocabulary.  Be able to explain the relationship between Uncle Tom's Cabin (by Harriet Beecher Stowe) and what it means to be an "Uncle Tom."

See Unit 3 Slaves in Americas

Unit 4: Civil War Era

Study and know the information dealing with the reasons for the civil war in America.

See Unit 4. Civil War Era  

Unit 5: Post Civil War Era

Study and know the contributions of the Big Three Black Leaders at the turn of the 20th century: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, and Marcus Garvey.   In addition, be familiar with the KU KLUX KLAN notes and in what ways the KKK is illogical.  KKK Notes

See Unit 5. Post Civil War Era

Unit 6: Civil Rights 1950s-60s

Study and know the information dealing with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s-60s.  Be able to list some causes and effects of this movement.  Be able to explain the role of the American black troops in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's (video: Come Out Fighting - with Johnnie Stevens - read down near the bottom of the page - who liberated Max Eisen from a death camp.)

See Unit 6. Civil Rights 1950s-1960s  Be prepared to write an essay on Martin Luther King or Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela.

 Unit 7: Afro-Canadians

Study and know the issues surrounding the growth and demolition of Africville  (If we get to cover it).

Chapters 1-5  TOWARDS FREEDOM

Remember, we covered lots of vocabulary items in class.  You are responsible for these words.  ACS Vocabulary

I will give you comments in writing from the black leaders we have studied.  You will be expected to know who they are from.