AFRICAN EMPIRES
VOCAB
American Slavery
Abolitionists
Civil War & Reconstruction
100

Mansa Musa was an emperor of this great empire.

What is the Mali empire?

100

This is the process for treating a group of people as animals.

What is dehumanization?

100

This part of the United States was considered "free"

What is the North?
100

This abolitionist is known for work on the Underground Railroad and as a spy in the Civil War

Who is Harriet Tubman?

100

This Civil War president is known for his "Emancipation Proclamation"

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

This African Empire was known for its mass trading along the Eastern Coast

What is Swahili?

200

This term refers to taking advantage of a group or person without fair compensation

What is exploitation?

200
What amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?

What is the 13th amendment? 

200

This abolitionist is known for arguments about education, and states "Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it."

Who is Frederick Douglass?

200

This amendment provided black men the right to vote

What is the 15th amendment?

300

This Western empire was known for its trade, especially in gold. 

What is the Mali empire?

300

This is the amendment that established citizenship by birthright or naturalization/

What is the 14th amendment?

300

This is a method utilized by white people to self-justify slavery (multiple correct choices)

What is...

a) Manipulation of Christianity 

b) Manipulation of Science (Eugenics / claimed racial inferiority)  

300

This abolitionist is known as the "father of the Underground Railroad"

Who is William Still?

300

These are roles that enslaved persons held in the Civil War 

(Multiple options)

What are...

a) Gravediggers

b) Spies

c) Cooks

d) Dishwashers 

etc

400

This great African empire utilized Muslim scholars to improve the centralized government

What is the Songhai empire?

400

This is the system of slavery in the U.S. where people are treated as personal property

What is chattel slavery?

400

These laws required that enslaved persons who escaped to the North be returned.

What are the Fugitive Slave Act(s) / Laws?

400

This abolitionist is known for his story of being kidnapped and forced in slavery despite being born free. He has a famous book and movie.

Who is Solomon Northup?

400

This is the term for laws that developed at the end of Reconstruction that kept blacks from voting and allowed into spaces.

Ex: Grandfather clause 

What are Jim Crow laws?

500

This African Empire is known for its sophisticated architecture, such as the Hill Complex, the Great Enclosure, and the Valley Complex

What is Great Zimbabwe? 

500

This is the mass movement of people out of Africa, mostly forcefully.

What is the African Mfecane?

500

This is the country that began the slave trade in the mid 1500s, opening the path for other countries to follow

What is Portugal?

500

This abolitionist was known for her powerful poems and speeches, being one of the first published black authors in the U.S.

Who is Frances Ellen Watkins Harper?

500

This supreme court case ruled that spaces for black Americans were allowed to be "separate but equal", legalizing segregation

What is Plessy v. Ferguson? 

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