Vocabulary 1
The term used to describe the Northern states that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War.
Union
From 1882 to 1968 how many lynchings occurred in the U.S.?
4,743
Southern colonies relied on slave labor
Give me the Time period
1700th
The principle that states have the authority to govern themselves independently of the federal government in certain matters.
States' Rights
In 1964, this man became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Jackie Robinson
Individuals who actively campaigned for the immediate and complete abolition (end) of slavery in the United States.
Abolitionists
The Ku Klux Klan Origins was created in what year?
1865
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The practice of owning and controlling people as property, often for forced labor.
Slavery
This "King of Pop" is known for hits like "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" and became one of the most famous entertainers in the world.
Michael Jackson
To withdraw formally from membership in a political union, alliance, or organization.
Secede
How did Black Southerners Fight Back Against the Sharecropping System?
Moving out of the South (1st and 2nd Great Migrations)
Britain, Spain, & Portugal brought African slaves to the Americas.
1600th
A law passed in 1854 that allowed settlers in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery within their borders, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise.
Kansas Nebraska Act
In 2009, this man became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.
Barack Obama?
A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada with the help of abolitionists and sympathetic individuals.
Underground Railroad
What is lynching ?
A lynching is the public killing of an individual
Foreign slave trade was banned in 1808 in the U.S.
1800th
Loyalty or devotion to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, often leading to conflict with other regions.
Sectionalism
This famous African American woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks?
The term used to describe the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own government during the Civil War.
Confederacy
Who created the KKK group?
Former Confederates
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A legislative agreement in 1820 that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30' parallel in the Louisiana Territory.
Missouri Compromise
This African American woman was a nurse and a spy during the Civil War, helping the Union Army gather intelligence.
Harriet Tubman