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American Ethnic Studies 150 Midterm
Summer 2021
This exam constitutes 25 percent of your final grade.
Think about what is being asked, organize your thoughts, and make your
answers as clear and concise as possible.
While it is open-notes, open-book, you will be graded on how well you address the
questions and effectively integrate the material presented in lectures, films, and readings.
USE CAN EITHER USE THIS FORM TO FILL
OUT ANSWERS OR YOU CAN USE THE PDF OR A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER.
BE SURE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE EXAM.
The exam is due by 3:30pm as a PDF to Prof. So, ccso@uw.edu.
Part 1.
Fill-in Answers (2 points each = 50 points)
1.
Treaty that provided the legal basis for the “Trail of Tears.”
ANSWER:
2.
19
th
Century legislation that only freed enslaved African Americans in the South. ANSWER:
3.
Son of Massasoit and brother to Wamsutta, was crowned as King Philip by the New Englanders. ANSWER:
4.
After winning a lottery ticket, earned his freedom and planned a slave revolt in his church. ANSWER:
5.
“Father of Texas” who said Texas must be “redeemed from the wilderness.”
ANSWER:
6.
Wealthy Californio who befriended Anglos, but ultimately lost ownership of his Sonoma home; then forced to pay rent to
stay. ANSWER:
7.
Which Shakespearean play was used by Takaki as a representation of English attitude toward non-Anglos (i.e., Native
Americans, Irish, Africans, Pacific Islanders)?
ANSWER:
8.
New Mexico Territorial Governor, land speculator who “accidentally” burned Mexica
n/Native American land deeds.
ANSWER:
9.
Writer, publisher, abolitionist best known as for the anti-lynching crusade. ANSWER:
10.
Stanford
historian who popularized notion that ethnocentrism beget “chattel slavery” in the United States.
ANSWER:
11.
After running away from his indentured servitude, became first man enslaved in the American colonies. ANSWER:
12.
The process of Anglo colonist entering Spanish Florida towns and proclaiming it was their own Republic became known as
what?
ANSWER:
13.
“Docile” enslaved man that led a rebellion in 1831 that frightened Southerners because it challenged the idea that slave
ry
was a benevolent institution. ANSWER:
14.
Former slave who became a renowned orator, abolitionist and was among those who met with Pres. Abraham Lincoln at
the White House and wrote
, “
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
”
ANSWER:
15.
Ottawa Chief who, in 1763, created a proclamation to keep English east of the Adirondacks.
His goal was to bring French
back to the Americas. ANSWER:
16.
Anti-vagrancy act that restricted the movement of Mexican Americans in the 19
th
century.
ANSWER:
17.
Name the 1848 Treaty that ceded most of Mexico to the United States. ANSWER:
18.
With regards to Europeans and religion, name the spiritual, political, and legal justification for colonization and seizure of
land not inhabited by Christians in the 15
th
century.
ANSWER:
19.
Name the enslaved man who sued for his freedom on the basis of his residence on free soil while living with his master in
Illinois and Wisconsin. ANSWER:
20.
Name the 4 slave states that did not secede during the Civil War.
ANSWER:
21.
First woman deemed as a “witch” at Salem.
ANSWER:
22.
Series of violent attacks by lay people, angry about debt, on courthouses and other government properties in
Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a dramatic military confrontation in 1787. ANSWER:
23.
Largest slave uprising in American history (largely written out of history book until 21
st
century). ANSWER:
24.
Mighty Native American group whose confederacy inspired the structure of the U.S. government. ANSWER:
25.
The United States created this “instrument” to subdue insubordinate
enslaved Africans, without leaving as much trace of
punishment.
ANSWER:
Part II:
Essay Question.
Answer
ONE
of the following essay questions
–
note that question 31 includes a&b, (20 points).
26.
Using 2 examples from AES 150 course material, explain why stereotypes are not based on fact and are not positive.
27.
Slavery has been called one of the most tragic events in American history.
With this in mind, perform the following:
a.
Provide at least two
justifications the South used to defend slavery, their “peculiar institution.”
ANSWER:
b.
Provide at least two rebuttals from the North to the Southern defense of slavery.
ANSWER:
Part III:
Fill-in
Short Answer
. (1 point each; total of 30 points).
28.
To which state were the Cherokees forcibly resettled during the Trail of Tears?
29.
Largely self-educated in astronomy and mathematics, he was later called upon to assist in the surveying of territory for the
construction of the nation's capital. ANSWER:
30.
Harvard historian(s) who popularized the notion that exploitation beget
“chattel
slavery
” in the United States.
ANSWER:
31.
Name the first Indigenous people Columbus encountered. ANSWER:
32.
What year did Columbus arrive to the Americas? ANSWER:
33.
She is known as the “Moses of her people”; movement to have her face replace the $20 US bill.
ANSWER:
34.
This Black stereotype depicts Black women as angry, hateful, overbearing, especially toward own family. ANSWER:
35.
Who wrote
Common Sense
?
ANSWER:
36.
Name the first state to secede. ANSWER:
37.
Name the intergroup contact theory
used a “triangle of power”?
ANSWER:
38.
The debate regarding cultural appropriation v. cultural appreciation is part of which intergroup contact theory?
ANSWER:
39.
By 1863, the Union Army began winning the Civil War.
Name the two generals that led the Union Army after 1863.
ANSWER:
40.
Year of the first large, permanent settlement of Africans in North America? ANSWER:
41.
Term given by the landed elites to the fear of armed, discontented class of indentured servants, slaves, and landless
freemen. ANSWER:
42.
The development of this crop for exportation to England was a major contributor to the hostility between the English and
Powhatans. ANSWER:
43.
The first enslaved Africans to the “New World” came from what c
urrent-day African country?
ANSWER:
44.
Made famous speech at Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio.
ANSWER:
45.
Formerly enslaved, became the first African American poet and had to prove authorship by undergoing an oral exam.
ANSWER:
46.
Name the first man killed at the Boston Massacre.
ANSWER:
47.
Half-
sister to Martha Jefferson; “lover” to Thomas Jefferson.
ANSWER:
48.
After she killed her daughter to save her from slavery, became known as the “modern Medea” and inspired Toni Morrison’s
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,
Beloved
. ANSWER:
49.
Which English Christian group were “separatists”?
ANSWER:
50.
Name the man killed at Harper’s Ferry, then became a “martyr” for Northern cause.
ANSWER:
51.
What is the name of the first settlement of Anglos to what becomes the United States?
ANSWER:
52.
According to Dr. Samuel Cartwright, name a disease
“particular” to African Americans.
ANSWER:
53.
In what American city/town were fossils of a man discovered which led to a court fight to determine whether Native
Americans were related to “whites” or “Asians”/Malayo
-Polynesians? ANSWER:
54.
Name the African country created through the efforts of James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson and Henry Clay.
ANSWER:
55.
Name the president (last name is sufficient) that “provoked” the war with Mexico.
ANSWER:
56.
Name for the original cowboys of the United States.
ANSWER:
57.
Name the African American forced to perform in blackface during the silent movie era. ANSWER:
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