Important Figures
End of the Civil War
Amendments
Black Codes
Random
100
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Name the two sides of the war (not North and South, but their other names)
Union and Confederacy
100
Who passed the amendment to end slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
100
True or false: after becoming official U.S. citizens, black people were almost always treated fair and equally
False
100
Where did Ms. LaFroth visit in November (when she was gone for two weeks)?
Japan
200
Who was a general in the Civil War and later a U.S. President?
Ulysses S. Grant
200
What years did the Civil War take place?
1861-1865
200
Which amendment ended slavery?
13th amendment
200
What is the name of the terrible organization that dressed in white robes and hurt innocent black people?
KKK (Klu Klux Klan)
200
True or false: Ms. Bass holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree
True!
300
Name at least three jobs that Harriet Tubman had
Conductor, spy, general, nurse, suffragist, civil right's advocate, abolitionist, field worker (enslaved person)
300
Name the place where Abraham Lincoln was assasinated (be specific)
Ford's Theater
(April 14, 1865. Only 5 days after the south surrendered)
300
True or false: the 15th amendment gave all black men and women the right to vote (even though they were still often blocked from voting).
False. The 15th amendment only gave black men the right to vote, not black women
300
What was the name of the test that black people were often told they had to pass in order to vote?
(Hint: the word means....the ability to read)
Literacy Test
300
Where did Ms. LaFroth go to college?
BYU
400
Who was the first black senator (First and last name)
Hiram Revels
400
What is the first and last name of the surrendering Confederate general?
Robert E. Lee
400
Who passed the 15th amendment?
Ulysses S. Grant
400
____________ was during reconstruction, when black people would work all day with no pay. Their "payment" was a home. This was seceretly another form of slavery.
Sharecropping
400
How many brothers and sisters does Ms. LaFroth have?
(For bonus points, indicate if it's a brother or a sister)
Three brothers (and one sister-in-law)
500
What did Frederick Douglass dress up as to escape slavery?
Sailor
500
Where did the Confederate general surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Court House
(April 9, 1865)
500
What is the name of the important speech/declaration Abraham Lincoln made, which led to the 13th amendment?
(Hint: not the Gettysburg Address)
Emancipation Proclamation
500
What is one of the black code rules that we discussed yesterday in class? (For the town of Opelousas)
1. No black person can come within the limits of town without permission
2. No black person can rent or keep a house under any circumstances.
3. No black person can live in town unless they are working for a white person.
4. Black people can't meet together without permission from the mayor or board of police.
5. No black person can have a gun.
500
Where did Mr. Connor propose to Ms. Bass?
Shennendoah Mountains