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Jim Crow

100

True or False- Jim Crow was a real person?

False

200

Name three public spaces or accomodations which were Segregated due to Jim Crow laws

Answers Vary

300

True or False- Jim Crow Laws only existed in the American South

False

400

What were Three of the Four tactics used to keep African Americans from voting?

Poll Taxes

Violence

Economic Hardship

Literacy Tests

500

What year was segregation officially allowed as a result of a landmark "Separate but equal decision" by the Supreme Court? 

1896

The Civil War

100

The two sides fighting in the Civil War

The Union (North)

The Confederacy (South)

200

America's President during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

300

What year did the Civil War begin?

1861- The attack on Fort Sumter

400

In what year did the Civil War end?

1865

500

The furthest state North confederates fought a major battle in.......

Pennsylvania @ The battle of Gettysburg

Landmark Court Cases & Laws

100

in 1954 the supreme court decided to desegregate schools in what famous court case?

Brown Vs. The Board of Education

200

What amendment legalized voting for all African Americans after the civil war?

15th Amendment

300

What was the name of the African American advocacy group that helped fight many civil rights cases?

The N.A.A.C.P

400

What was the name of the child who challenged the Topeka School board in 1951 in Kansas?

Linda Brown

500

What was the name of the plantiff in the 1896 decision that decided the seperate but equal clause allowing segregation in public spaces

Homer Plessey

Slavery

100

The journey from Africa to North America was known as the 

Middle Passage

200

The trade relationship between North America, Europe, and Africa that pushed slavery forward was known as the .......

Triangular Trade

300

What amendment ended slavery?

13th

400

Nat Turner, Denmark Vessey, John Brown, and Gabriel Prosser were all known for leading

^{Slave Rebellions}

500

A Virginia Law made in 1662 stated that all children born to an enslaved mother would also be what

Enslaved

Figures of the Civil Rights Movement

100

This civil rights leader refused to sit in the back of a Montgomery, Alabama bus. 

Rosa Parks

200

This civil rights leader believed in a non violent approach to influencing change in segregation. 

He was also known for his "I have a dream speech"

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

300

This civil rights movement leader was known for his stark contrast in beliefs to that of Dr. King's. He had a belief in violence being necessary to bring about change in society. 

Malcom X

400

This kindergarten student was ridiculed by the public in her town and her family faced threats and economic harm when integrating her hometown school. 

Ruby Bridges

500

This man was considered 1/8th African American and was chosen to buy a first class ticket on a train ride in 1896 in order to try the inequities of segregation. He later became the plantiff in a landmark case that decided the separate but equal doctrine allowing segregation. 

Homer Plessey