People
An escaped slave that led enslaved other slaves to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
True or False: African Americans were allowed into the Confederate Army.
False
What was segregation?
Segregation kept white people and black people separate.
True or False: Black women could formally join the army.
False
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincon
This man strongly supported enlisting African Americans.
Robert E. Lee
What was the percentage of African American soldiers in the army?
10%
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolish slavery
What was the cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
This word means "free all slaves"
Emancipation
A runaway slave who was self-educated, an Abolitionist, writer, publisher, and politician.
Frederick Douglas
This all black regiment was known for their attack on Fort Wagner.
The 54th Regiment.
A network of routes that transported runaway slaves from the south up to the north to freedom.
The Underground Railroad
What does abolish mean?
To get rid of.
How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free?
4 million
Born into slavery, he escaped through the Underground Railroad and joined the Union Army.
William Harvey Carney
How many African Americans died in the Civil War?
37,000
Abraham Lincoln wanted to do this rather than abolish slavery completely.
prevent slavery in new territories
What percent of the Union Navy was African American?
18%
After the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, African Americans were allowed to ___________.
fight in the Civil War
A white abolitionist who initiated an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
John Brown
Frederick Douglass encouraged black men to become soldiers to ensure ________.
eventual full citizenship
This organization helped newly freed slaves with housing, jobs and education
the Freedman's Bureau
The only successful slave revolt in human history.
Haitian Revolution of 1804
What day was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
January 1, 1863