For African Americans, the one-drop rule was a significant factor in ethnic solidarity. African Americans generally shared a common cause in society regardless of their multiracial admixture, or social/economic stratification. Additionally, African Americans found it, near, impossible to learn about their Indigenous American heritage as many family elders withheld pertinent genealogical information. Tracing the genealogy of African Americans can be a very difficult process, especially for descendants of Indigenous Americans, because African Americans who were slaves were forbidden to learn to read and write, and a majority of Indigenous Americans neither spoke English, nor read or wrote it. COUNT 5
QSN1 What brought African Americans together? ANS1 the one-drop rule QSN2 Who made it next to impossible to learn about their heritage for African Americans? ANS2 family elders QSN3 Slaves were not allowed to do what? ANS3 to learn to read and write QSN4 What did Indigenous Americans not do that makes it difficult to trace their heritage? ANS4 spoke English, nor read or wrote it QSN5 What factors did not affect racial solidarity amoung African Americans? ANS5 their multiracial admixture, or social/economic stratification