African Slavery started in 1619 in this permanent English settlement.
What is Jamestown
100
African Americans were among these colonial militiamen who defeated the British at Concord in 1775.
What is the Minutemen.
100
This man was the most influential of the abolitionist leaders.
Who is Fredrick Douglas
100
The period known as Reconstruction covered these years.
What is 1865-77.
100
Greenwood was the African American district of this city, the location of the worst race riot of the 1920's.
What is Tulsa, OK (1921)
200
The first slaves in America were used to produce this labor-intensive crop.
What is Tobacco
200
She was the first published African American poet.
Who is Phyllis Wheatly
200
This woman is famous for her actions as a conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
200
This man was born a slave and became the president of a college. He wrote "Up From Slavery".
Who is Booker T. Washington.
200
Before, during and after World War II, many African American were victims of this. It means being executed without due process.
What is Lynching
300
Before slavery started in an American colony, this African slave came with Spanish Conquistadors and spent seven years exploring the American South and Southwest.
Who is Estevanico or Esteben
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300
This man was George Washington's personal valet throughout the Revolution and Washington's presidency and retirement.
Who is William Lee.
300
The rich whites who own hundreds or thousands of slaves and used them to cultivate cotton or tobacco called themselves this.
What is Planter
300
During the Civil War, this unit, composed of African American soldiers and white officers was led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. The son of Fredrick Douglas was a member of it.
What is the 54th Mass.
300
This African American fighter squadron received the Presidential Citation for their performance against German pilots in World War II.
What is the Tuskegee Airmen
400
This country promised freedom to any slave that would enlist in their army in the 1770's.
What is England
400
This man invented the cotton gin, which increased cotton production and slavery in the South.
Who is Eli Whitney.
400
The Civil War began shortly after this man won the 1860 presidential election.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
400
During Reconstruction, this racist terrorist organization started.
What is the Ku Klux Klan
400
Dori Miller became the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross because of his actions in this battle on Dec, 7, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor
500
Men of African descent were among those fighting for Texas independence against this country in 1836.
What is Mexico
500
African slaves and freemen were among the defenders of this American city, under the command of Andrew Jackson, in January 1815.
What is New Orleans.
500
"Cracker" is a derogatory term for whites that originally was used to refer to men who held this job on a plantation. It refers to the 'cracking' of a whip.
What is slave driver
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500
This is the amendment that promised freed slaves (men) the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment
500
1n 1916, this man became the first African American fighter pilot in combat.