The year that America becomes the sovereign nation USA
What is 1776
100
The century the first slaves were imported to America
What is the 17th century?
100
The leader of the SCLC
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
The UK Party that won the election and now governs the UK
What is the Conservative Party
200
American general in the War of Independence, and the first US President
Who is George Washington?
200
The machine that made the spinning of cotton more efficient
What is the Cotton Gin?
200
The person responsible for starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956.
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
The two Houses making up the UK Parliament
What are the House of Lords and the House of Commons
300
The country that helped the Americans win the war against the English.
What is France?
300
The three primary "cash crops" for which slave labour was needed
What is sugar, cotton and tobacco?
300
A method of protest where blacks would occupy seats in cafes that were reserved for whites.
What are sit-ins?
400
The Prime Minister's home address
What is 10 Downing Street?
400
The document that stated that America was no longer a English colonies, but a sovereign nation.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
400
The name of the people who worked to end slavery
What are abolitionists?
400
The civil rights activists who drove buses through the southern states.
What are Freedom Riders
500
In elections, each of these elects one Member of Parliament
What is a constituency?
500
The slogan the American colonists used to protest the fact that they had to pay taxes to England, but did not have any political influence in the British Parliament.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
500
The presidential order of 1863 that said that all slaves were now free in the US.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
500
The law that formally ended segregation in the US in 1964