Name That Person
Land of the Free
Racism
Vocabulary
Random
100
I was the first president of the United States
George Washington
100
Which revolution started in 1775?
American Revolutionary War
100
This movement took place from 1954-1968
American Civil Rights Movement
100
These people fought to end slavery
Abolitionist
100
The Boston Tea Partiers were dressed as what?
Mohawk Indians
200
I have a dream.....
Martin Luther King
200
This country ruled the colonies before America was established as independent
England
200
Which part of America fought to keep slavery?
The South/The Confederates
200
They fought against Union forces in the Civil War
Confederates
200
How many people actually died in the Boston Massacre?
5
300
I sat in the "wrong" part of the bus and was sent to jail
Rosa Parks
300
What document separated the US from the Crown?
Declaration of Independence
300
The famous "I Have A Dream" speech was given where?
Washington, DC
300
The 13th _________ freed the slaves
Amendment
300
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote
15th Amendment
400
My Emancipation Proclamation "freed" the slaves
Abraham Lincoln
400
Where was all the tea dumped into the harbor? (Hint: this place also had a "massacre")
Boston, MA
400
The Freedom Riders tested out desegregation by riding on what?
Busses
400
This word means "to keep separate"
Segregation
400
My name is the biggest one signed on the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
500
My face is on the $100 bill and I was a great politician
Benjamin Franklin
500
He yelled, "The British are coming, the British are coming" on his midnight ride
Paul Revere
500
African Americans had the right to vote, but these were preventing them from being able to
Poll taxes
500
"Peacefully" refusing to follow laws because you think they are unjust
Civil Disobedience
500
This man was the more radical mind during the Civil Rights Movement
Malcolm X
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