AAS 100 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Nomenclatures of African American Studies - Answer- Africana Studies, African and
African Diaspora Studies, African/Black World Studies, Pan-African Studies, Africology,
African and New World Studies
Missouri Compromise - Answer- an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-
slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new
territories
NACCP - Answer- In 1909, a group of blacks led by W.E.B. Du Bois formed the national
association of the advancement of colored people. The NACCP called for an end to
racial discrimination, attacked Jim Crow laws, and fought to overturn the 1986 Supreme
Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Led by middle class blacks, the NAACP continues
to advocate integration and equal treatment for American blacks.
Steven Douglass - Answer- Was a Northern Democrat. Introduced the Kansas
Nebraska act, which allowed the people living in a territory to decide for themselves
whether or not to have slavery. This was called Popular Sovereignty.
Crisis & two opponents : - Answer- -protests & uplifts
Tuskegee Machine - Answer- As the president of Tuskegee Institute, Booker T.
Washington developed an extensive network of contacts that gave him extraordinary
influence with white political leaders and philanthropists as we as with black business
people, journalists, and college presidents.
Scramble for Africa (1880-1914) - Answer- Between 1880 and 1914 Britain, France,
Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Italy, worried that they would not get "a piece of that
magnificent African cake", scrambled for African possessions as if their national
livelihoods were at stake. In 1880 Europeans controlled barely 20 percent of the African
continent, mainly along the coast; by 1914 they controlled over 90 percent. Only
Ethiopia in northeast Africa and Libera on the West African coast remained
independent.
Alain Locke, The New Negro (1925) - Answer- Locke's New Negro focused on black
contributions to American culture and civilization. The book made him the "Father of the
Harlem Renaissance," that movement of the 1920s that contributed to African
, Americans' sense of self esteem and whites' recognition of the value of African
American culture for both races.
Beecher Bibles - Answer- Guns carried around by Free Soilers and abolitionists for
protection when voting due to tensions in Kansas
Voices of the dark water - Answer- 1920
W.E.B. DuBois - Answer- Died August 27, 1963, moved to Ghana & died there.
ABOLITIONISTS - Answer- Anti-slavery activists who demanded the immediate end of
slavery.
Manifest Destiny (1845) - Answer- -Stated that the US was destined to expand to the
Pacific Ocean
-By the 1840's, white Americans had embraced an exuberant nationalism that defined
pol. & eco. progress in racial terms & legitimized war to expand the boundaries of the
US.
CULTURE - Answer- people of color
CULTURE+ETHNICITY - Answer- Black people
CULTURE+ETHNICITY+RACE - Answer- African Americans
Assumption #1 of Culture - Answer- All people are products of culture & community,
they reflect the ideals, priorities of that culture & society.
Assumption #2 of Culture - Answer- Culture is a behavioral experience for anyone to
acquire cultural experiences as long as it is respected.
Assumption #3 of Culture - Answer- Culture is not just a "what" it is equally a "how".
WHAT IS AAS? - Answer- an interdisciplinary academic field of study is specifically
tailored to the study of the sociology, psychology, politics, history, culture & prominence
of Black Americans.
African American History began - Answer- late 19th century (1896) in the writing of
W.E.B. Dubois
American Negro Academy founded - Answer- 1897
WAS GONNA BE CALLED WHAT? - Answer- African Academy
AAS appeared in ______________ as a field of study - Answer- Early 1900s
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Nomenclatures of African American Studies - Answer- Africana Studies, African and
African Diaspora Studies, African/Black World Studies, Pan-African Studies, Africology,
African and New World Studies
Missouri Compromise - Answer- an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-
slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new
territories
NACCP - Answer- In 1909, a group of blacks led by W.E.B. Du Bois formed the national
association of the advancement of colored people. The NACCP called for an end to
racial discrimination, attacked Jim Crow laws, and fought to overturn the 1986 Supreme
Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Led by middle class blacks, the NAACP continues
to advocate integration and equal treatment for American blacks.
Steven Douglass - Answer- Was a Northern Democrat. Introduced the Kansas
Nebraska act, which allowed the people living in a territory to decide for themselves
whether or not to have slavery. This was called Popular Sovereignty.
Crisis & two opponents : - Answer- -protests & uplifts
Tuskegee Machine - Answer- As the president of Tuskegee Institute, Booker T.
Washington developed an extensive network of contacts that gave him extraordinary
influence with white political leaders and philanthropists as we as with black business
people, journalists, and college presidents.
Scramble for Africa (1880-1914) - Answer- Between 1880 and 1914 Britain, France,
Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Italy, worried that they would not get "a piece of that
magnificent African cake", scrambled for African possessions as if their national
livelihoods were at stake. In 1880 Europeans controlled barely 20 percent of the African
continent, mainly along the coast; by 1914 they controlled over 90 percent. Only
Ethiopia in northeast Africa and Libera on the West African coast remained
independent.
Alain Locke, The New Negro (1925) - Answer- Locke's New Negro focused on black
contributions to American culture and civilization. The book made him the "Father of the
Harlem Renaissance," that movement of the 1920s that contributed to African
, Americans' sense of self esteem and whites' recognition of the value of African
American culture for both races.
Beecher Bibles - Answer- Guns carried around by Free Soilers and abolitionists for
protection when voting due to tensions in Kansas
Voices of the dark water - Answer- 1920
W.E.B. DuBois - Answer- Died August 27, 1963, moved to Ghana & died there.
ABOLITIONISTS - Answer- Anti-slavery activists who demanded the immediate end of
slavery.
Manifest Destiny (1845) - Answer- -Stated that the US was destined to expand to the
Pacific Ocean
-By the 1840's, white Americans had embraced an exuberant nationalism that defined
pol. & eco. progress in racial terms & legitimized war to expand the boundaries of the
US.
CULTURE - Answer- people of color
CULTURE+ETHNICITY - Answer- Black people
CULTURE+ETHNICITY+RACE - Answer- African Americans
Assumption #1 of Culture - Answer- All people are products of culture & community,
they reflect the ideals, priorities of that culture & society.
Assumption #2 of Culture - Answer- Culture is a behavioral experience for anyone to
acquire cultural experiences as long as it is respected.
Assumption #3 of Culture - Answer- Culture is not just a "what" it is equally a "how".
WHAT IS AAS? - Answer- an interdisciplinary academic field of study is specifically
tailored to the study of the sociology, psychology, politics, history, culture & prominence
of Black Americans.
African American History began - Answer- late 19th century (1896) in the writing of
W.E.B. Dubois
American Negro Academy founded - Answer- 1897
WAS GONNA BE CALLED WHAT? - Answer- African Academy
AAS appeared in ______________ as a field of study - Answer- Early 1900s
