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Declaring our Independence!
Important Peeps
Why all the Fighting?
Let's be Equal
Anything Goes
100
What is the name of the document that declared our independence?
Declaration of Independence
100
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
100
What war did we fight with England to become independent? (________ ________)
American Revolution
100
A series of safe places for slaves to hide. This led slaves to freedom.
Underground Railroad
100
African Americans worked for no pay and had no rights. They were called...?
Slaves
200
The declaration was written tell what country that we wanted to be free? (Germany, England, France)
England
200
During the Civil Rights movement, who led people to boycott "stopped riding" buses?
Rosa Parks
200
What war was fought between the North and South?
Civil War
200
What African American refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
200
Some states wanted to leave the Union and form their own country. This was called? (session, slavery, equal rights)
Session
300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
300
Who led others by giving speeches about equal rights for African Americans? (Martin Luther King Jr or Harriet Tubman)
Martin Luther King Jr
300
During the Civil War, the North was called the (Confederacy or Union)
Union
300
Did the salves run away during the night or during the day?
Night
300
Which side won the Civil War?
The north
400
Who was the King that we wanted to be free from?
King George III
400
Who was the 16th President and helped to free the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln
400
Who won the American Revolution?
We did! United States!
400
The slaves used the stars to find their way to freedom. What star constellation was called the "Drinking Gourd"
Big Dipper
400
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which set slaves free?
Abraham Lincoln
500
Name one reason the colonists did not like King G?
Taxes (sugar and paper), no freedoms, not let live where wanted
500
Who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape to freedom? Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, or Thomas Jefferson?
Harriet Tubman
500
Were abolitionists for or against slavery?
Against, did not like slavery
500
What did Martin Luther King Jr want? (everyone to go to church, everyone to have same rights, everyone to go to school)
Everyone to have same rights
500
When you refuse to do something for a reason (boycott, session, slavery)
Boycott