Lec #16: Race in America- Historical and contemporary Scenario

Question 1

Who was Dred Scott?

Answer 1

• he was a slave born in virginia but was sold as an adult to a US Army doctor by the name of John Emerson
• In 1846 Scott sued for his freedom and was denied b/c he was black and wasn’t a U.S. citizen

Question 2

which president was the principal author of the declaration of independence and life long slave owner?

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

What were some things that happened in the Jim Crow law of segregation?

Answer 3

• the Jim Crow laws that were put into place by the government made the segregation of blacks and whites mandatory in public spaces.
• Separate or segregated facilities were used for black and white people (ex: schools, transportation, hotels and restaurants)
• The government established an inferior and political social status of black people and made black people who sat on the bus give up their seats to the white people

Question 4

what is the montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 4

in 1955, rosa parks decided that she didn’t want to give her seat up to a white person on the bus and would rather go to jail.
- this sparked a peaceful protest within the black community known as the montgomery bus boycott

Question 5

what were the causes of the civil war?

Answer 5

• the conflict b/w the supporters of slavery and those who wanted slavery to end (known as the abolitionists)