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Pregunta 1
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Most African Americans came to California as slaves.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 2
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Within 4 years after the start of the gold rush, there were over 2,000 African Americans in California.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 3
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Under the Compromise of 1850, the [blank_start]Fugitive Slave[blank_end] Act, which allowed slave owners from other states to come to California and take African Americans if they claimed they had escaped, California was admitted to the Union.
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Fugitive Slave
Pregunta 4
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Many African Americans came to California because...
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it was a free state.
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they could find gold and buy freedom for themselves and their families.
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there was no racism.
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there were jobs in labor and providing supplies and services for the miners.
Pregunta 5
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Why were many beatings, robberies, sexual assaults and even the stripping of freedom of African Americans never punished.
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African Americans could't testify in court.
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California was not a free state.
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Racism was prominent.
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The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slave holders from other states to claim someone was an escaped slave and easily strip away their freedom.
Pregunta 6
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The First Colored Convention in 1855 was attended by representatives from all of California's 27 counties.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 7
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The First Colored Convention in 1855 addressed which of the following issues?
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African Americans were treated as second class citizens.
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African Americans were not able to testify in court to defend themselves or accuse white people of assaulting them.
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African American children could not receive an education.
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The pursuit of political freedom.
Pregunta 8
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[blank_start]William Leidesdorff[blank_end] came to San Francisco in 1881 and built the first hotel, the first shipping warehouse, he operated the first steamboat on San Francisco Bay, and he laid out the first horse race track in California.
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William Leidesdorff
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Mifflin Gibbs
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Frederick Douglas
Pregunta 9
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[blank_start]The First Colored Convention[blank_end], held in Sacramento in 1855, was a major step towards improving the lives of Arican Americans.
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The First Colored Convention
Pregunta 10
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What brought thousands of black people to the San Francisco Bay Area during World War II?
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The shipyards needed more workers, so they lifted racial and gender requirements.
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They could get all the same jobs as white workers.
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The passing of EO 8802 required Federal defense industries to employ previously excluded black labor.
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There were also jobs for African American women.
Pregunta 11
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The [blank_start]Kaiser[blank_end] Company led the nation in shipbuilding during World War II, with 4 industrial sites each specializing in one area of production.
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Kaiser
Pregunta 12
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The Moore Dry Dock Company hired African American rigging, welding and other jobs that paid well.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 13
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Which of the following statements about African Americans during WWII are true?
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Some jobs, like steamfitting and pipe fitting, were reserved for white workers only.
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Most men were happy with women working.
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The Kaiser Company was very efficient and workers were able to advance from trainee to journeyman in a short period of time.
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African Americans were discriminated against at work and were segregated into neighborhoods in the East Bay.
Pregunta 14
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In [blank_start]Port Chicago[blank_end], a ship blew up killing 300 black workers.
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Port Chicago
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Point Richmond
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Port Cincinatti
Pregunta 15
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Reverend John Doggett moved to San Francisco in 1945 as a minister to work with African Americans in Hunters Point. His son, Bill Doggett, is an award winning...
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actor
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historian
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professor
Pregunta 16
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The Black Panther Party was led by [blank_start]Huey Newton[blank_end].
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Huey Newton
Pregunta 17
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Which statement about the Black Panther Party is true?
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They were militant and strictly violent.
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The government praised their work to provide services for young people, such as free breakfasts and summer schools.
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They were not in favor of the rights to carry arms for African Americans.
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They stood for African American rights in a more direct way than others, such as Martin Luther King.
Pregunta 18
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The murder of [blank_start]Malcom[blank_end] X led to an increase in members of the Black Panther Party.
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Malcolm
Pregunta 19
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The government opposition to the Black Panther Party which of the following ways.
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The government called the BBP's free youth programs "Socialism."
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The CIA framed members of the BBP by forging letters and other ways.
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The FBI called the BBP the "greatest threat to the internal security of the United States."
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The government did not allow Huey Newton to leave the country.
Pregunta 20
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Huey Newton was arrested in 1967 for allegedly killing an Oakland police officer during a traffic stop. Which is true about the Free Huey! movement?
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People involved with the anti-Vietnam movement did not help.
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White youth were not interested in the movement.
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Newton served the entire 15 year prison term.
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The Free Huey movement helped bring about the release of Newton in 1970.
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