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Who was Thomas Jefferson?

Thomas Jefferson was a draftsman of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president (1801-09).

Which truths in the Declaration of Independence are “self-evident”?

That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Name at least four reasons why the American colonies wanted to dissolve political ties with the then King of Great Britain (George III).

in the matters of law, legislation, justice, the military, trade

True or False: Some of Jefferson’s political opponents referred to him as the ”Negro President”, because slaves who could not vote, had been counted as electoral votes.

True, Jefferson owed his election victory to the South's inflated number of Electors, which counted slaves as part of the population for representation under the three-fifths compromise. After his election in 1800, some called him the "Negro President"

True or False: Although Jefferson repeatedly tried to have slavery abolished, he owned slaves himself.

True

Who was Fredrick Douglass?

Famed 19th-century author and orator Frederick Douglass was an eminent human rights leader in the anti-slavery movement and the first African-American citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank.

What was Frederick’s “new and special revelation” which he considered “the pathway from slavery to freedom”? (Reader, p. 6)

That education (being able to read and write) is the path. It was through reading that Douglass’s ideological opposition to slavery began to take shape.

When did Fredrick Douglass finally succeed to escape from slavery?

Douglass tried to escape from slavery twice before he succeeded. He was assisted in his final attempt by Anna Murray, a free black woman in Baltimore with whom Douglass had fallen in love. On September 3, 1838, Douglass boarded a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland. Murray had provided him with some of her savings and a sailor's uniform. He carried identification papers obtained from a free black seaman. Douglass made his way to the safe house of abolitionist David Ruggles in New York in less than 24 hours.

How, according to Hayden, who wrote about Frederick Douglass, should great statesmen be remembered?

“Oh, not with statues’ rhetoric,
not with legends and poems and wreaths of bronze alone,
but with the lives grown out of his life, the lives
fleshing his dream of the beautiful, needful thing.”

-> So we should remember them by living the freedom and liberty that is finally “ours”

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States (1860-1865). He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.

How many states did Lincoln identify as “in rebellion against the United States”?

Ten! Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia

True or False: Abraham Lincoln died at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863.

False, Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, by well-known actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.

What were the Jim Crow Laws? Where did the name come from?

From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows).

Could Calpurnia have sat next to Scout on the bus?

Buses: All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races.

Railroads: The conductor of each passenger train is authorized and required to assign each passenger to the car or the division of the car, when it is divided by a partition, designated for the race to which such passenger belongs.

So -> No.

True or False: Most victims of lynching were rapists.

False, most victims of lynching were political activists, labor organizers or black men and women who violated white expectations of black deference, and were deemed "uppity" or "insolent." Though most victims were black men, women were by no means exempt.

Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?

W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most important African-American activists during the first half of the 20th century. He co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP -- the largest and oldest civil rights organization in America).

How is the Negro in The Souls of Black Folk forced to see himself? What effect does this have on his inner-self?

As looking at one’s self through the eyes of others. Two souls in one body: warring, unreconciled. He wishes to be one – without losing either of these two.

What is the NAACP’s principal objective?

The NAACP's principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice. The NAACP seeks to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through the democratic processes.

True or False: The magazine The Crisis, founded by Du Bois, remains the official publication of the NAACP.

True

True or False: During the Great Depression of the 1930s the NAACP focused primarily on legal justice for African Americans.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, which was disproportionately disastrous for African Americans, the NAACP began to focus on economic justice. The NAACP als cooperated with the newly formed Congress of Industrial Organizations in an effort to win jobs for black Americans.

Read the letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter F. White of the NAACP. What did she promise him?

She will talk to the president again and to Senator Byrnes, she is deeply troubled about the whole situation.

Compare and contrast the alleged crimes with the Tom Robinson Trial in TKM.

Parallels with TKM:

In TKM Tom Robinson is accused of having raped Mayella Ewell. When he is kept in the local jail, a group of locals show up with the intention to lynch him. In spite of lack of evidence (no doctor called to examine Mayella, Tom is right-handed), the white jury finds him guilty.

Difference:
Atticus has done his utmost to defend his client- whereas the S.B’s defense lawyers were very incompetent.
Atticus has done his utmost to defend his client- whereas the S.B’s defense lawyers were very incompetent.

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22 important questions on Webquest tkm

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

Which truths in the Declaration of Independence are “self-evident”?

Name at least four reasons why the American colonies wanted to dissolve political ties with the then King of Great Britain (George III).

True or False: Some of Jefferson’s political opponents referred to him as the ”Negro President”, because slaves who could not vote, had been counted as electoral votes.

True or False: Although Jefferson repeatedly tried to have slavery abolished, he owned slaves himself.

Who was Fredrick Douglass?

What was Frederick’s “new and special revelation” which he considered “the pathway from slavery to freedom”? (Reader, p. 6)

When did Fredrick Douglass finally succeed to escape from slavery?

How, according to Hayden, who wrote about Frederick Douglass, should great statesmen be remembered?

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

How many states did Lincoln identify as “in rebellion against the United States”?

True or False: Abraham Lincoln died at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863.

What were the Jim Crow Laws? Where did the name come from?

Could Calpurnia have sat next to Scout on the bus?

True or False: Most victims of lynching were rapists.

Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?

How is the Negro in The Souls of Black Folk forced to see himself? What effect does this have on his inner-self?

What is the NAACP’s principal objective?

True or False: The magazine The Crisis, founded by Du Bois, remains the official publication of the NAACP.

True or False: During the Great Depression of the 1930s the NAACP focused primarily on legal justice for African Americans.

Read the letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter F. White of the NAACP. What did she promise him?

Compare and contrast the alleged crimes with the Tom Robinson Trial in TKM.

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