BLACK HISTORY
Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
What is the French and Indian War?
He returned to Roanoke in July of 1587.
Who was John White?
This person said "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?
Who is Martin Luther King?
Capital of France during the French and Indian War.
What was Quebec?
Roanoke was known as...
What was the lost colony?
This group who tried to end slavery.
Who were the abolitionist?
He was the leader of the Ottawa people.
Who was Pontiac?
He Commanded the 3 ships that sailed to Virginia with 100 men and boys.
Who was Christopher Newport?
This Amendment outlawed Slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This Act of Parliament was responsible for the tensions that eventually led to the American Revolution.
What was the Stamp Act?
He was held captive by Chief Powhatan.
Who was Captain John Smith?
This route was used to help southern slaves escape.
What was the Underground Railroad?
He is best known for his midnight ride alerting the colonial militia to the approach of British forces.
Who was Paul Revere?
This was the name of the ship the Pilgrims travelled on.
What was the Mayflower?
This gentleman said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress".
Who was Frederick Douglass?
The Boston Massacre started with a disagreement of this...
What was a wig?
The first successful English colony in America.
What was Jamestown?
This president officially recognized Black History Month.
Who was Gerald Ford?
This future U.S president served as defense lawyer for the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who was John Adams?
she rescued John Smith by throwing herself across his body.
Who was Pocahontas?
She became America's first self-made millionaire.
Who was Madam C.J Walker?
This secret revolutionary organization was responsible for the Boston Tea Party.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
King James authorized this company to settle the new land.
What was the Virginia Company of London?
The Triangle route of slave trade.
What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
This was the first Battle of the American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Lexington?
Number of original colonies.
What was 13?
In 1989 this state was the first to elect a black governor.
What is Virginia?
This founding Father said, "Give me liberty, or give me death".
Who was Patrick Henry?
The need for agricultural workers in the southern colonies led to the
What is the use of enslaved people from Africa?
He was the first African American Major League Baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Another name for the French and Indian War.
What was the Seven Year War?
This was the first successful crop exported from America.
What is tobacco?
An Act that allowed slaves to be taken from free states and returned to their owners.
What was the fugitive slave act?
He was chosen by the British to deliver a letter to the French that demanded they leave the Ohio River valley.
Who was George Washington?
The word found carved into the post at the Roanoke settlement.
What was Croatian?
A Name given to Harriett Tubman because she helped so many people escape to freedom.
What was Moses?
On this day Congress voted for American Independence.
What was July 2, 1776?
The original 13 colonies were primarily located along this.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?