AMS Quiz 1

Crispus Attucks

First victim of Revolutionary War, when he was shot at the Boston Massacre; of African/Native American descent

Independence

Freedom from the control of others

Relational Identity

How a person's sense of self is influenced by how he/she interacts with others

Louisiana Purchase

In 1803, Jefferson purchased a huge area of Land from France after their efforts to expand into the western hemisphere were foiled by the Haitian Rebellion

3/5 Compromise

Legislation that allowed slaves to count as 3/5ths of a vote in elections. They didn't receive any rights or say in who their vote went to, though

Thomas Jefferson

Made the Louisiana Purchase; was an abolitionist

Bacon's Rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon led hundreds of people of all races/social classes to rebel against Virginia in the first rebellion in the colonies. Eventually failed after they burnt the capitol and British forces quelled pockets of resistance

Toni Morrison

Novelist whose novel "Beloved," a story of an escaped slave that was returned under the Fugitive Slave Act, won a Pulitzer

Founders Rock

Rock sacred to the Kanza Native Americans that now is in Lawrence and honors the founders of the city

Capitalism

free market

Social Class

group to which one belongs in a socioeconomically divided society

John Adams

2nd President in the Age of Enlightenment who advocated for a strong central government

James Baldwin

African-American writer who commented on different forms of discrimination in the U.S., mainly racial and sexual tensions. Fled to France

Harriet Jacobs

An escaped slave who later became a prominent abolitionist. Author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

The age of the slave trade

Centuries-long period when millions of slaves were transported transatlantically to the New World

Race

Classification of humans based on appearance, genetics, ethnicities

Intersectional Identity

Coined by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, it was the idea that the various identities that one assumes should not be considered in isolation but rather in relation to one another

Common Land

Collectively owned land on which rights extend to a group of people rather than just a single/elite group

George Whitefield

English cleric that helped spread the great awakening, a resurgence of religion throughout the US and England