AASP201 Week 1 | African History and Culture in History - University of Maryland

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6. Excellent grammar, punctuation, and spelling Quiz

Instructions

Students will choose four of ten questions to answer with a well-thought-out paragraph response (about 100-150 words). Each question is worth 25 points. Refer to texts we have read so far in the class to answer the questions. One-fourth of the grade will be based upon the correct use of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Feel free to use the Effective Writing Center (under Course Resources) for help in writing your responses, but otherwise do your work independently.Submitted responses should be done in an MS Word document to the assignment folder.

Questions will be made available to

students in a timely manner before the deadline. What strategies did slaves use to cope with slavery? Explain at least 3 facts about lynching in the Southern States. Discuss the brutality endured by African slaves as they were transported from Africa to the Americas during the Middle Passage. Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau created? Quiz Students will answer several short answer

questions along with a short essay. Feel free to use the Effective Writing

Center (under Course Resources) for help in writing your responses, but otherwise do your work independently.Response submissions should be done in an MS Word document to the assignment folder.

Questions will be made available to

students in a timely manner before the deadline. 1. Name three leaders/prominent members of the black Panther Movement 2. Briefly describe your understanding of Jim Crow laws (Not more than five lines) 3. Name two accomplishments of the

NAACP

4. Why was the NAACP formed? 5. Name two accomplishments of the civil rights movement 6. State one reason why the civil rights movement began 7. Name two leaders of the civil rights movement