American Revolution
True or False: African Americans served on both sides in the American Revolution.
True
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation and said the Gettysburg Address?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Which amendment ended slavery?
What is The 13th Amendment
Which civil rights did African Americans work to protect during this era? Name one.
Voting rights, social rights, physical rights
What were the buildings called, where poor immigrants in New York City lived during this time?
What are tenements
Which document was signed by the US continental congress on July 4, 1776?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What did the emancipation proclamation do?
It freed the slaves in the Southern states that had cedeeded
After being freed, slaves aspired to own land, but the first priority for many was finding these people.
What is their family members
How were the Black Panthers and Civil Rights Boycotters different?
The Black Panther used violence and the boycotters were nonviolent
What was the concept of Social Darwinism?
the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better
Why did American colonists dump tea into the ocean as part of the Boston Tea Party in 1773?
Because Americans were upset with taxation without representation
Who won the battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina in 1861?
Who was the Confederacy?
These laws severely limited the rights and opportunities of freedmen.
What are black codes?
What was the goal of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
To desegregate public busses
Why did immigrants come to America during the Gilded Age?
To escape religious persecution and to get better wages
Which intellectual movement is associated with the American Revolution?
What is the Enlightenment?
What was a border state during this period?
What is a slave state that does not secede?
Name an example of civil liberty that African Americans lack today and lacked during reconstruction?
What is the voter suppression, violence, etc.
What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Segregation in schools became illegal
How did the invention of the light bulb impact workers?
It extended the work day
Which organization was formed in the American colonies to oppose the Stamp Act in 1765?
Who was the Sons of Liberty?
What social movements did abolitionism cause?
Women's rights movement, temperance (no alcohol), second great awakening
What was the government agency called that was established by Congress in 1865 to distribute food, supplies, and confiscated land to former slaves?
The Freedmen's Bureau
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
Who is Rosa Parks?
What was one-way workers tried to get better working conditions?