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Who was Frederick Douglas?

A Black nationalist who believed in racial integration.

100

Name of elections   to take place next week? 

Midterms

100

What attitude did the North have toward slaves in the beginning of the Civil War? How were they treated?

As Contraband/Illicit items that had to be returned

100

Why did Southerners oppose the Kansas Nebraska Act (restricting slavery in some places, allowing it in others)

The 5th Amendment guaranteed people their right to property.  Denying masters of their slaves was the same as denying people of their right to property.

100

What was Paternalism?

Slavery was a benign institution where the master was a fatherly figure to slaves

200

What was Abraham Lincoln's View on Race in the Early years of the Civil War?

Lincoln believed slavery was an unjust institution that needed to be ended in the West, but he did not believe in racial equality

200

City where Synagogue shooting take place last week? 

Pittsburgh

200

What is Contradictory about the following statement from the Emancipation Proclamation? 

 "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States {Confederate,slave holding states} shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free

It freed all slaves in the Confederate states, but not in the Union states.

200

True or False: Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that illustrated the horrors of slavery

True

200

Of these three, what was a major limit placed on Freed Blacks in the post revolution era? 

Disfranchisement, Lack of Black Professionals, Lack of African American Social Institutions?

Disfranchisement

300

Who Was William Lloyd Garrison?

Abolitionist who worked with Frederick Douglas

300

What does Donald Trump want to change regarding citizenship?

Birthright Citizenship

300

Abraham Lincoln’s quote “With malice toward none,” given toward the end of the civil war,  from his Second Inaugural Address, refers to what group off people

Soon to be defeated southern, or Confederate, states.

300

What does the term antebellum stand for?

pre-Civil War

300

Why did black nationalists support the back to Africa Movement?

White prejudice in the United States would never give African Americans the opportunity to achieve equal rights.

400

What was Nat Turner Known for?

Leading a slave rebellion

400

What was sent in the mail last week in an attempt to assassinate democrats?

Pipe Bombs

400

What were "Buffalo Soldiers?"

African Americans fighting in the Civil War

400

Why did the Northwest Ordinance and Kansas Nebraska Act put pressure on the South?

Forbade slavery in new territories

400

Nat Turners Rebellion Demonstrated what aspect of abolition in the United States?

Tension between peaceful and violent means in the struggle for African American freedom.

500

Who was the president during the American Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

500

Event taking place at BHS this Friday night?

Coffee House

500

What was the name of the Man who Led a raid on Harpers Ferry, and murdered 4 people and left them in bloody piles in Kansas?

John Brown

500

What happened to Lincoln at the end of the Civil War?

Assassinated

500

Why did women support the abolitionist movement?

Abolitionism gave women a chance to voice their opinions in an otherwise restrictive society.