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100

Who escaped slavery and subsequently made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends.

Who is Harriet Tubman.

100

What year did the transatlantic slave trade was abolished in the United States.

What is 1808.

100

What invention did Eli Whitney invent

What is The Cotton Gin

100

What vocabulary word means the state of being a slave.

What is bondage.

100

Juneteenth celebrates what

What is a holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.


200

An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement.

Who is Frederick Douglass.

200

What year did John brown get executed for charges of treason, murder and insurrection.

What is 1859

200

What invention did Ben Montgomery invent

What is the Steam-operated propeller

200

What vocabulary word means enslavement

What is enslavement 

200

Independence Day celebrates what

What is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July 4, 1776.

300

 Enslaved as a child in Africa and known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa, was a writer and abolitionist from, according to his memoir.

Who is Olaudah Equiano.

300

In what year did colonists brought enslaved Africans to Virginia.

What is 1619

300

What did George Washington Carver invent

What is peanuts

300

What vocabulary word means the state of being in someone's power or having great power over someone

What is thrall

300

Martin Luther King day celebrates what 

What is a federal holiday in the United States marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. Born in 1929, King's actual birthday is January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act

400

An American abolitionist leader. First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas.

Who is John Brown

400

What year did the 13th Amendment officially abolished slavery

What is 1865

400

What did Garrett Morgan invent  

What is the Gas Mask

400

What vocabulary word means the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful

What is servitude

400

Constitution day celebrates what 

What is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed on September 17, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia

500

a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.

Who is William Lloyd Garrison.

500

In what year did Harriet Tubman escape to freedom in the North. 

What is 1849.

500

What invention did Philip Downing invent 

What is the Mailbox

500

What vocabulary word means a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart that they are to pull

What is yoke

500

Bill of Rights day celebrates what

What is  key amendments to the U.S. Constitution, that protect our individual rights

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