Study Guide: Midterm for HIST 73.
Identification: for multiple-choice section (25 questions).
Toussaint L’ouverture
Frederick Douglass
Sequoyah
Tecumseh
Importance of the
French and Indian War
Why African slaves?
Plantation culture
anti-Irish racism
Sherman’s Special
Field Order No. 15
Origins of AME
(African Methodist
Episcopal) Church
Crazy Horse
Impact of Louisiana
Purchase
Sitting Bull
“civilized tribes”
Reasons for growth of
slavery in the 1700s
Joaquín Murrieta
“civilization” circa
1600
Indian removal vs.
reservations
“civilization” circa
1800
Navajo Long Walk
Lucy González Parsons
Henry McNeal Turner
Homer Adolph Plessy
Wampum
racism in the Gold
Rush
Pocahontas/Matoaka
“paper sons”
Assimilationist policies
re: Indians
Essays:
You will have to answer two of these on the midterm, one from each category.
Four essays will appear on the midterm, so it’s a good idea to prep two in each
category.
Lecture
How did racism in the United States change over time from the 1600s to the 1700s
to the 1800s? Your answer should have a thesis statement that sums up the changes
you describe, and one example from each century to support your ideas.
Compare and contrast American racism as it was directed at Native Americans and
African Americans in the period we’ve discussed in class, roughly from 1600-1890.
Your answer should have a thesis statement that sums up your comparison, and it
should include three specific examples from history.
How did Native Americans, African Americans, and immigrants respond to racism in
the time period we’ve discussed in class? Discuss two of the three groups, and use
three specific examples to discuss your ideas.
Reading
Compare and contrast two of the readings we’ve discussed in class. Discuss: how
did each view him or herself in relationship to white people? How did each fight
against racism in the ordinary and extraordinary actions of their lives? Use at least
three specific examples to support your ideas.
How do women’s stories differ from men’s stories? Think: Was there anything that
the women’s stories we read in class shared (Mary Rowlandson, Harriet Jacobs,
Tempe Herndon Durham, and Ms. Holmes)? Were there commonalities in the
stories by and about the men (John Ross in the story about the Trail of Tears,
Geronimo, or Fong See in Lisa See’s story)? What conclusions can we draw about
race and gender in early American history? What are the limits to what we can say?
Use an example from three different course readings.
How was violence and the law used as a weapon to enforce racial boundaries in
early American history? Explain, using three examples from the reading we’ve done
for class so far.