AP African American Studies
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10 flashcard terms for AP African American Studies, written to match the course framework. Study them here, then drill them as interactive flashcards, or test yourself with the 8-question quiz — free, no account needed.
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Unit Structure 1: Origins of the African Diaspora · 2: Freedom, Enslavement & Resistance · 3: Practice of Freedom · 4: Movements & Debates
Great Zimbabwe & Mali Powerful pre-colonial African states — Mansa Musa's 1324 hajj displayed Mali's immense wealth
The Middle Passage Forced transatlantic crossing; roughly 12.5 million Africans embarked, ~10.7 million survived
Maroon Communities Settlements of self-emancipated people (Jamaica, Suriname, Great Dismal Swamp) — armed resistance to slavery
The Haitian Revolution 1791–1804: the only successful slave revolt to found a nation — terrified enslavers across the Americas
Reconstruction Amendments 13th (abolition), 14th (citizenship & equal protection), 15th (Black male suffrage)
The Great Migration ~6 million Black southerners moved north/west (1910–1970), transforming American cities and culture
Harlem Renaissance 1920s flowering of Black art & letters: Hughes, Hurston, Bennett; 'the New Negro' asserting cultural pride
Double Consciousness Du Bois's concept: the 'two-ness' of being Black and American, seeing oneself through others' eyes
Black Freedom Movement From Montgomery (1955) to Black Power — SNCC, SCLC, the March on Washington, Voting Rights Act (1965)
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