Data from History
What does a census count? Starts with a "P"
Population
What is segregation?
Keeping people or things apart
What is suffrage?
The right to vote.
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who fought to end slavery
What prevented African Americans from entering schools for white people?
Legal segregation
How often is the census conducted?
What was the reason for the first challenge to the Civil Rights Act?
State rights
Who was a leader in the women’s rights movement?
Elizabeth Cody Stanton
Who learned how to read and attended Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in Virginia before becoming an educator or teacher?
Booker T. Washington
What is a "normal school"
A school that trained teachers
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
A way to count enslaved people
What can devastate a population? Starts with a "W"
War
What did Susan B. Anthony carry to show her independence?
A purse
Who was an agricultural scientist at Tuskegee Institute and became the Institute's Director of Agriculture?
George Washington Carver
Who was recommended to lead Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
What part of government does the census mostly influence?
Congress (House of Representatives and Senate)
What Supreme Court case challenged the legality of segregation?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which type of individual controlled many of womens' rights?
Men
Who was an orator and abolitionist who was appointed to numerous government positions? Also known as the Father of the Civil Rights Movement.
Fredrick Douglass
Who founded the Tuskegee Normal School?
Lewis Adams and George Campbell
Another word for census information
Demographics
What legal doctrine approved segregation?
separate but equal
Which two states were the first to permit women to vote?
Wyoming and Utah
Which is more nutrient-rich? Cotton and squash, or peanuts and sweet potatoes?
Peanuts and Sweet Potatoes
How did the Tuskegee Institute want to advance African Americans socially?
Educate them