Slavery
Who was one of the most important conductors from the Underground Railroad because she led over 300 people to freedom?
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This was the first battle of the Civil War
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
What was the first words of the Gettysburg Address?
What is "Four score and seven years ago"?
These were segregation laws based on race in the south in public places such as schools and transportation.
What are the Jim Crow laws?
What were the system of secret routes used by people escaping slavery called?
What was the Underground Railroad?
The north states were called the __________ and the southern states were called the _________________.
What is the Union and the Confederacy?
This was the period after the Civil War when the government rebuilt the south
What was Reconstruction?
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Made slavery illegal, abolished slavery
What is segregation?
What is: the separation of people based on race?
What is an abolitionist?
A person who believed that slavery was wrong and it should end
After the bloodiest 3-day battle in Virginia, Abraham Lincoln gave this speech to honor those that died there.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Was everything for former slaves resolved after the war was over? Give an example of why or why not.
No, there were things like Black Codes, poll taxes, literacy tests that prevented former slaves from being apart of society again
What was the name of the type of economy that the south and north had?
What is agricultural and industrial?
What are three examples of peaceful protests?
What are the Montgomery bus boycott, the Greensboro four sit-in, and the March on Washington?
This person was the 16th president who famously was against slavery, and freed all the slaves with his Emancipation Proclamation.
After what battle did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
What is South Carolina?
What were three of the northern states (free states) and three of the southern states (slave states)?
Northern States: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Iowa, Minnesota
Southern States: Texas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Virginia
What caused the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks getting arrested
Why did the south support slavery?
Plantation owners in the south needed slaves to help grow the crops, and without them, they would make less money.
How did the Civil War end?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
When did the Civil War start and end? (Years)
What is 1861-1865?
What happened after the Election of 1860?
After Lincoln was elected president, the southern states seceded from the union and created the confederacy.
Who was Ruby Bridges and why was she important?
A six-year old girl who was the first African-American student to go to an all-white public school after Louisiana banned segregation of school