Slavery
Where did slaves come from?
Africa
Immigrants came to America through____.
Ellis Island
The man who gave speeches against segregation. He did it peacefully.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the 15th Amendment?
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Very large farms were called_____.
plantations
Slaves were sold at____.
auctions
Immigrants lived in
tenements
The rights that belong to every citizen are called your ____.
Civil Rights
What was the 14th Amendment?
It gave all people protection under the law which included formally enslaved people.
This document freed the slaves in the Confederacy.
Emancipation Proclamation
Name the slave who helped other slaves escape to freedom ____.
Harriet Tubman
Where did most immigrants work when they arrived in America?
Factories
What word means separated by race?
segregation
What section of the boat did Immigrants stay in on their trip to America?
steerage
Name one conflict of the Civil War.
Slavery
The passage to freedom was called
The Underground Railroad
Name two reasons immigrants came to America
religious freedom
to join their family
famine/ hunger
freedom
jobs
What must people do to become citizens of the United States of America?
take classes and pass a test
Who were the people who did not believe in slavery?
Abolitionists
What did the southern states call themselves?
The Confederacy
People who did not believe in slavery were called____.
Abolitionists
To fight for better working conditions immigrants in factories did what?
Went on strike
Formed unions
What is the word for a group of women who fought for equality for women?
feminists
What was the Freeman Bureau?
It transition African Americans from slavery to freedom. It helped provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to newly freed slaves.
What did the northern states call themselves?
The Union