Name: ___________________________

An Internet Scavenger Hunt of

"The African-American Mosaic:

A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture"

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

Use the link for "Colonization" for this question:

1. When and why was The American Colonization Society (ACS) formed?

Use the link for "Liberia" for this question:

2. What was the original settlement of the Maryland Colonization Society named, and how was the peninsula purchased?

Use the link for "Abolition" for this question:

3. What was the name of the American Anti-Slavery Society's monthly pamphlet, and what kinds of articles did it contain?

Use the link for "Migration" for this question:

4. By 1950, what percent of the United States population was black?

Use the link for "Western Migration and Homesteading" for this question:

5. What did "conductors" do for black migrants?

Use the link for "Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration" for this question:

6. What did the National Youth Administration do for black youth in the 1930s and 1940s?

Use the link for "WPA" for this question:

7. What was The Scottsboro Case about?

Use the link for "Cavalcade of the American Negro" for this question:

8. What was the "Cavalcade of the American Negro?"

Use the link for "Authors and the Federal Writers' Project" for this question:

9. What is the book "Drums at Dusk" about?

Use the link for "Ex-slave Narratives" for this question:

10. Describe the "Photograph of Slave Cabin and Occupants Near Eufala, Barbour County, Alabama."


Prepared by Wesley Fryer: wes@wtvi.com