Enslavement & Civil War
What was the Middle Passage?
A) A law that freed enslaved people
B) A ship that carried enslaved people to freedom
C) The brutal journey enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic
D) A secret message system between enslaved people
Answer: C
C) The brutal journey enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
16th President of the United States
What document officially ended slavery in the United States?
A) The Bill of Rights
B) The Emancipation Proclamation
C) The 13th Amendment
D) The Gettysburg Address
C) The 13th Amendment
What did the 13th Amendment do?
A) Gave African Americans the right to vote
B) Abolished slavery
C) Established separate but equal laws
D) Created literacy tests
B) Abolished slavery
What was the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877)
A period after the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating freed African Americans into society.
Who led over 300 enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
A) Nat Turner
B) Harriet Tubman
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Sojourner Truth
B) Harriet Tubman
Who was Frederick Douglas?
Former slave who was writer and advisor to President Lincoln
What did the 13th Amendment do?
A) Allowed Black soldiers to fight in the war
B) Freed all enslaved people in the U.S.
C) Established the Confederate States of America
D) Created a new Constitution
B) Freed all enslaved people in the U.S.
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
A) To help freed African Americans adjust to freedom
B) To return land to slaveowners
C) To enforce segregation
D) To create the Ku Klux Klan
A) To help freed African Americans adjust to freedom
What were Jim Crow Laws?
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation.
What was Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
A) A peaceful protest against slavery
B) A slave uprising that killed plantation owners
C) A battle during the Civil War
D) A secret escape plan to Canada
B) A slave uprising that killed plantation owners
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King?
Civil Rights Activist
What battle marked the end of the Civil War?
A) Gettysburg
B) Fort Sumter
C) Antietam
D) Appomattox Court House
D) Appomattox Court House
What did Plessy v. Ferguson decide?
A) Slavery was legal
B) African Americans could vote
C) Segregation was legal under "separate but equal"
D) The Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional
C) Segregation was legal under "separate but equal"
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices
What was the primary cause of the Civil War?
A) Disagreements over land ownership
B) Disputes over slavery and states' rights
C) A tax on Southern goods
D) The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
B) Disputes over slavery and states' rights
Who was Nat Turner?
Carpenter and Preacher who led a Rebellion
What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
A) It was the first Black regiment in the U.S. military
B) It helped draft the Constitution
C) It was responsible for writing the Emancipation Proclamation
D) It built railroads for the Union Army
A) It was the first Black regiment in the U.S. military
Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery?
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Rosa Parks
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Fannie Lou Hamer
B) Rosa Parks
What was The Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Ended segregation in public places.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A) Ended slavery in all U.S. states
B) Freed enslaved people in Confederate states
C) Gave all African Americans the right to vote
D) Allowed women to join the military
B) Freed enslaved people in Confederate states
Who was Rosa Parks?
American Activist
Who advised Abraham Lincoln and fought to end slavery through speeches and writings?
A) Harriet Beecher Stowe
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Nat Turner
D) Robert E. Lee
B) Frederick Douglass
What was the goal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
A) To allow literacy tests
B) To restrict Black voters
C) To end discrimination in voting
D) To support poll taxes
C) To end discrimination in voting
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955?
A year-long protest led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. against segregated buses.