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Underground Railroad
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Texas Teasers
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abolitionist
A person who did not believe in slavery and who worked to free slaves is called an...
100
The former slave who ran away from a plantation, but returned in 1849 to help reduce others slaves was…
Harriet Tubman
100
The cotton gin was invented by..
Eli Whitney
100
What happened to Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865?
He was assassinated.
100
Southerners called the Northerners who came to the South to buy land...
Carpetbaggers
200
What is a plantation?
A large farm that was like a small town because it had many houses and buildings on it.
200
The war fought from 1861-1865 between the northern and southern states that brought about the abolition of slavery was the…
Civil War
200
Where did slaves that escaped go?
Canada, the northern free states, and Mexico
200
Why did hunters kill buffalo on the Great Plains in the 1870s?
To make leather out of the buffalo hides
200
The United States government forced the PLains INdians to move onto....
reservations
300
African American soldiers who fought the Plains Indians
Who were buffalo soldiers?
300
The abolitionist paper called the "North Star" was published by…
Frederick Douglas
300
What did the 15th amendment of the United Stated Constitution do/say?
It protected the voting rights to every male citizen
300
Which amendement to the United States Constitution ended slavery?
13th
300
Plantations were located close to rivers that flowed into the Guld of Mexico. Why was this location important?
It made it easy to ship cotton to Northern states and to Europe
400
What is a sharecropper?
A person who farmed a plot of land and was paid by the landowner with a part, or share, of the crops.
400
How did Henry Brown escape to freedom?
He shipped himself in a wooden box to Philadelphia.
400
Which presidential candidate was elected in the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
400
Describe happened in Texas during the Reconstruction.
Rebuild its government so that it could join the United States
400
What was the name of the northern states during the 1860s? What was the name of the southern states?
Northern= Union Southern=Confederacy
500
What is "Juneteenth?"
A day celebrated for freedom in Texas. June 19th, 1865 the slaves were freed.
500
What was important about quilts during the time of slavery?
The quilts contained secret messages that helped the slaves escape to freedom and communicate.
500
What was one of the major issues the North and the South fought over during the presidential election of 1860?
Slavery
500
Why did many Texans become sharecroppers after the Civil War?
They could not afford to buy land
500
What are you going to do so that you will make a 100 on this test?
Use this jeopardy game to study at home until you know it like the back of your hand!! ;)