American History (1619-1865)
What happened in 1619?
First African slaves are brought to Virginia.
Who was killed in 1865, days after the end of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who does the dead ship captain symbolize in Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain, My Captain!"
Abraham Lincoln
Who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
What 1863 proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in Southern States through which the Northern Army had already come?
Emancipation Proclamation
When did America declare independence from Great Britain?
1776
What is the name of the period lasting from 1865-1877, in which the South was divided into military districts, and Congress gave every man the right to vote?
Reconstruction
"I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
These were local laws in the South that enforced segregation between black and white Americans.
What event happened to Harriet Tubman when she was young, causing her to see "visions from God"?
A brick was thrown at her head, and she suffered from "sleeping spells" her whole life as a result.
Which person, the "most photographed person of the 1800s", taught himself how to read?
Frederick Douglass
Which Supreme Court case, in 1896, enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine?
Plessy v. Ferguson
"I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it."
Frederick Douglass
What did the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education make illegal in the U.S.?
What does it mean if something is deferred?
To be "deferred" means to be put off or delayed.
What two acts did the government release in 1793 and in 1850?
Fugitive Slave Acts
Give two reasons African-Americans began to move North during the Great Migration.
- fleeing Jim Crow laws, racism
- more economic opportunities
"That’s our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary."
Malcolm X
Give two differences between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.
- Integrationism vs. Separatism/Black Nationalism
- "non-violent resistance" vs. "by any means necessary"
- Christian vs. Nation of Islam
- MLK uses Christianity to achieve his goals, Malcolm X tries to keep his religion separate from activism
What are Carpetbaggers?
Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War to buy up land and exploit the poor.
Give the three main causes for the American Civil War.
- abolition of slavery
- contested presidential election
- state rights vs federal rights
Give one thing for which Marcus Garvey was famous.
- "Back-to-Africa" movement
- the organization that became NAACP
- Pan-Africanism / black liberation in all countries across the globe
"Forty Acres and A Mule"
Union General William T. Sherman
What President signed into law the Civil Rights Act (1965)?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
President Lyndon Baines Johnson