Names
The full name of the American president who used his presidency to end slavery
Abraham Lincoln
She refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, and her arrest sparked a bus boycott in Montgomery,
Rosa Parks
Who were the Europeans dependent on to survive in the vast continent?
They had to rely on the knowlegde Native Americans to buy supplies and to show the way.
Slave trade was banned in what year?
1807
What is this word in English: grunnlovstridig
unconstitutional
Name the expedition that aimed to find a route towards the west.
Lewis and Clark expedition
Why are the years 1861-1865 relevant in the the American History?
to a civil war between the Northern and Southern states regarding the issue of slavery
What is one of the greatest conflict between the Native Americans and the settlers/colonisers.
conflict regarding the right to land
When was slavery officially abolished?
1865
This word means to make one culture absorb and do the means and ways of the culture of the majority.
assimilation
George Washington was one of the ______________ - the group of men who wrote the constitution.
Founding Fathers
How did the African Americans show their non-violent protests?
They were holding sit-ins at restaurants and taking part in marches.
Name the two Native American female helpers mentioned in the text.
Pocahontas and Sacagawea
What is the missing word here: Slaves were considered as property and were ________ of the rights held by free persons.
deprived
Explain the Triangular Trade in English.
Triangular Trade that took manufactured goods from England to Africa where they were exchanged for slaves. The slaves were then taken to America and sold. Raw materials from the plantations, such as tobacco, sugar and cotton, were taken back to England
The name of the segregation laws that separated coloured from non-coloured people in public areas.
Jim Crow laws
1896 the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was constitutional.
1954, the Supreme Court decided that the idea of “separate but equal” was unconstitutional
Explain the “Trail of Tears” in English
Native Americans were forced to leave their lands and relocate to Indian reservations. Many became ill/died along the way.
The document that Lincoln issued saying that "all persons held as slaves shall be free", but many were against it.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Say the key sentence and 3 keywords in relation to "The Declaration of Independence".
All men are created equal.
Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
Explain how Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered in the American history
He is the leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
He delivered the speech "I have a Dream"
These are the laws that were signed in 1964 and 1965 and gave African Americans the same rights as the whites.
Civil Rights Act 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965
Describe the conditions in the reservations that the Native Americans had to endure.
There was extreme poverty, very low standards, alcoholism, huge distance from medical facilities, many suicides
Why were the Southern States against ending slavery?
Slaves were important for them because they had huge plantations, they needed cheap labor.
This phrase means that races are separated and have diffirent values in the society and different set of rules rights.
racial segregation