The Real Ones
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I Declare War
Spell It Right!
200

Sherman Alexie wrote A True Diary of Part Time Indian about this Native American Tribe

What is the Spokane Tribe

200

This term refers to the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

What is The Middle Passage

200

This single issue—deeply dividing the nation—was at the heart of the Civil War’s beginnings, pitting the North against the South over its future.


What is the issue of slavery

200

this term is when one stores information in their brain - made up of background knowledge

What is schema

400

The United States Bureau created this institution to force Native American children to assimilate.

What is Indian Boarding School

400

The exchange of enslaved Africans for goods such as guns, textiles, and rum took place primarily along this region’s coast.  

what is the West African Coast

400

Although many believe he fought the Civil War just to free the enslaved, his initial goal was primarily preserving the Union.

Who is Abraham Lincoln
400

this 4C is used to zoom in on words and its meaning

What is charged diction

600

a person who knows their weaknesses and shortcomings and isn't afraid to point them out is an example of 

what is self-deprecating humor

600

These structures along the West African coast served as holding facilities where enslaved Africans were kept before being shipped across the Atlantic

what is Ghana Slave Castles

600

Before the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln famously wrote that if he could save the Union without doing this, he would, showing that his earliest focus was not solely on ending slavery.

what is without ending slavery

600

this literary term is known as the attitude of the speaker

What is tone

800

The catchphrase, "kill the Indian, save the man" was created by this Colonel

Who is Colonel Richard Henry Pratt

800

In 1831, this enslaved man led a violent uprising in Virginia, challenging the institution of slavery and sparking greater fear among slaveholders.

Who is Nat Turner

800

After the Southern states seceded, they formed this new government, choosing Jefferson Davis as their president.

What was the Confederate States of America

800

the literary element used to represent the larger idea of this image 

what is symbolism

1000

in 1620, the puritans settled on land that was originally home to this tribe

what is the Wampanoag Tribe

1000

Local African leaders sometimes captured these people—often prisoners of war—to sell to European traders.

Who are other Africans from rival groups or neighboring communities

1000

This 1863 executive order, issued by Lincoln after careful political consideration, declared enslaved people free in Confederate states still in rebellion, altering the war’s purpose.

What was the Emancipation Proclamation

1000

this word means a disorder or conflict occurring between citizens of the same country 

what is civil