Slavery Era
Who was known as the "Moses of her people" for her efforts in guiding enslaved individuals to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Can you list one of the most common occupations African Americans obtained after the Civil War?
Sharecroppers or tenant farmers
This term refers to the practice of refusing to hire or promote individuals based on their race, particularly prevalent in the labor market against African Americans.
Racial Discrimination
What movement saw African Americans migrating from the rural South to urban centers in the North and Midwest in search of better opportunities and to escape racial discrimination?
The Great Migration
Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. What was the title of the speech?
I Have A Dream
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free?
President Abraham Lincoln
What term was used to describe laws enacted by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans?
Jim Crow Laws
This term describes the segregation of African American workers into lower-paying, menial jobs within industries, perpetuating economic inequality.
Occupational segregation
What was the main economic cause of the Great Migration?
Higher paying jobs in the Northern cities
This iconic civil rights leader, known for his nonviolent activism and speeches advocating for racial equality, played a key role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What was the name of the infamous triangular trade route that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade?
Triangular Trade
Who intentionally challenged a Louisiana law requiring separate railway cars for Black and white passengers by sitting in a "whites only" car, leading to his arrest and the subsequent court case?
Homer Plessy
This courageous activist refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
What do you call people who worked during strikes to keep businesses running? They were often used to replace striking white workers.
This prominent civil rights activist and labor organizer, known for his involvement in the March on Washington, was also a leader in the labor movement.
A. Philip Randolph
Before the Civil War, enslaved Africans were forced to work primarily in agriculture. What were the top 2 crops produced?
Tobacco and Cotton
Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1870, granted African American men the right to vote?
The Fifteenth Amendment
The brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. In which state did this tragic event take place?
Mississippi
African Americans who participated in the Great Migration often settled in major Northern cities. Name one of the major cities that experienced a significant increase in African American population during this migration.
New York, Philladephia, Detroit, Chicago
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in at this segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina. What was the name of the event?
Greensboro Sit In
What enslaved preacher led a violent rebellion in Virginia 1831? (rebellion is named after him)
Nat Turner
What legal doctrine upheld racial segregation in the United States, particularly in the South, through the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Separate but Equal
What was 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The unanimous decision overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson.
Brown vs Board of Education
What term describes the discriminatory practices African Americans often faced in Northern cities despite migrating to escape segregation in the South?
Redlining
This organization, founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others in 1957, played a key role in the American Civil Rights Movement. What is the name of this organization?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference