People
Who is the 16th president of the United States? (President during the Civil War)
Abraham Lincoln
A person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property.
slave
To make someone a slave, to cause someone to lose their freedom
enslaved
This proclamation freed slaves in those areas fighting against the United States during the Civil War.
Emancipation Proclamation
July 4,1776
Independence Day
The most well known African-American in the abolition movement. He published the "North Star", a newspaper to promote the cause of abolition. (Movie: Glory /54th Regiment)
Fredrick Douglass
To seize and detain or away by unlawful force (sometimes for ransom or for other personal profits)
kidnap
Treating a person differently because of cultural background, religion, or gender.
Discrimination
The southern states during the Civil War
Confederacy
To separate people by race
Segregate (Segregation)
The second largest continent and second most populous continent. (54 countries)
Africa
The Northern states in the North (54th was part of the ?)
Union (Union Army)
Someone who fought to end slavery
abolitionist
Laws passed to segregate whites and African Americans. (1870-1965) ie: segregated water fountains, schools, hotels, schools busses, etc.)
Jim Crow
War between the North of the United States and and the South of the United States.
(Causes not just over slavery but economics, class, and politics)
Civil War
To free from slavery
emancipation
Rights given to all citizens by the Constitution.
Civil Rights
The worst economic crisis un the U.S. history.
Great Depression