History of Slavery
The President of the US during the Civil War?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
What is the act that banned the slave trade in DC?
Compromise of 1850
Founder of AU
Who was John Hurst
How many people are in modern slavery in the world today?
40.3 million
What assigned gender is the wonk cat?
Female
Executive Order that freed all slaves in the Confederate States.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the act that freed all slaves in DC
DC Emancipation Act
The group AU was Chartered by
What is congress?
Where was the infamous public housing district Pruitt-Igoe located?
St. Louis
Where does Ashley's husband hail from?
Australia
Amendment to the Constitution that outlawed (most) slavery in the United States
What was the 13th Amendment?
Year that all slaves in DC were freed
1862?
The year that AU was founded
What is 1893
What is the profit forced labour in the private economy generates per year?
$150 billion
How many schools does American University have?
Eight:
College of Arts & Sciences, Kogod School of Business, School of Communication, School of Education, School of International Service, School of Professional & Extended Studies, School of Public Affairs, Washington College of Law
Exception to the constitutional amendment banning slavery
What is "punishment for a crime"?
Amount of money compensated to those who voluntarily freed their slaves
$300
Religious affiliation that AU has
What is Methodist?
How many countries utilize enforced conscription?
41
Aside from New Jersey and Massachusetts, what are the other two of the top four states represented in American's Class of 2022?
California and New York
Section II of the constitutional amendment banning slavery says this
What is "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Number of slaves in DC in 1820
6,400?
Name of Kennedy's 1963 speech said at AU's commencement
What is "A Strategy of Peace?"
99%
What all-female school merged with American University in 1949?
Washington College of Law