Early African American History
This group of formerly enslaved people lived among Native Americans in Florida.
Who were the Black Seminoles?
This early battle showed the war would not be quick.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
This election in 1860 led Southern states to secede.
What is Lincoln’s Election?
This amendment officially ended slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This cultural movement celebrated Black art, music, and literature in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This group of African American soldiers served in the U.S. Army after the Civil War in the West.
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
This proposal tried to ban slavery in land gained from Mexico.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
This radical abolitionist believed violence was justified to end slavery.
Who was John Brown?
These laws restricted the rights of African Americans in the South.
What are Black Codes?
This massacre destroyed a thriving Black community and wealth.
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre?
This enslaved man led a violent rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
Who was Nat Turner?
This series of laws attempted to settle tensions between free and slave states in 1850.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This battle was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This system forced prisoners (mostly Black men) to work for free.
What is convict leasing?
This unethical study denied treatment to Black men with syphilis.
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?
This abolitionist used speeches and writing to influence public opinion.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This battle gave Lincoln confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This case is often referenced again when discussing citizenship rights.
What is Dred Scott?
This law outlawed segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This book increased Northern opposition to slavery by exposing its brutality.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
This case symbolizes the denial of rights to African Americans before the Civil War.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
This famous person stated "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These two systems both restricted Black freedom after the Civil War: one legal, one economic.
What are Black Codes and convict leasing?
This discriminatory housing practice denied loans to Black families.
What is redlining?