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Which President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Delivered the "I have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in 1963
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
President who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968
Richard Nixon
100
The first slave was brought to America in 1619, to where did he arrive?
Jamestown, VA
100
The first African American president is?
Barack Obama
200
The Civil War was fought on the platform of?
Preserving the Union, not slavery; although slavery was a main cause in the South succeeding from the Union.
200
Sparked the Montgomery Bus boycott
Rosa Parks
200
14th Amendment
declared all natural born people of the U.S. citizens, no matter their race, color, etc.
200
In 1808, Congress passed a law that banned what?
the Slave Trade from Africa to America
200
The first black male appointed to the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
300
The cotton gin was invented in 193 by?
Eli Whitney
300
Was the leader of the Black Panthers
Huey Long
300
15th Amendment
Gave Black men the right to vote
300
In 1739, this slave rebellion was the largest slave revolt pre -Revolutionary War. Took place in S.C.
Stono Rebellion
300
Broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947
Jackie Robinson
400
The 13th Amendment ratified to the Constitution in 1865 did what?
Ended slavery in America.
400
Converted to Islamic faith and was a part of the Black Muslims?
Malcolm Little (Malcolm X)
400
Although rejected, what did the Wilmont Proviso suggest?
Suggested that no slavery would occur in the Mexican Cession area.
400
The largest and most successful slave rebellion ever, in the history of the U.S.
Nat Turner's Rebellion
400
Famous abolitionist published "The Liberator" in 1831
William Lloyd Garrison
500
What is the difference between the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation?
13th Amendment ended slavery in America E.P. declared all slaves free in states of rebellion i.e. the Confederate States of America
500
Was the leader of the Black Muslims?
Elijah Muhammad
500
This president de-segregated the military in 1948
Harry Truman
500
When slaves came to America, they took the place of these specific people in society
Indentured servants
500
Published "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1853
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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