Vocabulary
A public announcement given by someone in authority
What is a proclamation?
This side won the Civil War
Who is the Union or The North
This person issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A form of repayment to make amends for a wrong that was committed.
What are reparations?
These two sides fought against each other in the Civil War
what are the Northern and Southern States
Lincoln died this way...
What is Assassination?
Lincoln invited this black abolitionist to discuss ways slaves could escape the rebel states?
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This legislation enforced racial segregation and marginalization of Black people
What are Jim crow laws?
This was the economic reason that caused the Civil War
What is slavery?
This particular reparation was promised to the slaves by the president
What is Forty Acres and a mule?
This Brooklyn born black film director has his company named after a promised reparation.
Who is Spike Lee
A formal argument
What is a debate?
In all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for...This will allow them to provide for themselves.
What are reasonable wages?
This man, former slave that traveled to a free state with his owner was eventually denied his freedom by the supreme court.
Who was Dred Scott?
an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
What is rebellion
Instead of reparations...this was their job
What is sharecropping
A promise stated in the proclamation...I hereby call upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary...
What is self defense?
This person took over Lincolns presidency when he died.
Who is Andrew Johnson?