Civil War
Reconstruction
Remembrance Today
Black History
Future Events
100

True or False: The Southern States wanted to abolish (end) slavery

False: The Southern States fought to keep slavery going, as their economy depended on it 

100

True or False: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated before the Reconstruction era began. 

True, Lincoln was murdered days after the Confederate soldiers surrendered at Appomattox Court 

100

True or False: People still own and display the Confederate Flag today.

True.

100

Formerly enslaved people were offered forty acres and a ___. 

Mule

100

True or False: The Ku Klux Klan were founded by Confederate veterans in the late 1860s with the purpose of restoring White supremacy and eliminating Black power

True

200

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Abraham Lincoln

200

True or false: The 13th amendment officially abolishes slavery in the United States Constitution. 

True, with one key exception. 

200

True or False: There are more statues of Confederate soldiers than Union soldiers in this country.

True.

200

True or false: During the Civil War, many enslaved people freed themselves. 

True, before the Emancipation Proclamation, many enslaved people fled the plantations and sought refuge in the Union army. 

200

True or false: The Black Codes were successful at limiting the influence of Black people in government

True, the Black Codes severely limited the freedom of newly freed Black men 

300

True or false: The Union/North had more resources than the South thanks to their industrial power and higher population. 

True, the only advantage the South had over the North were their superior generals

300

The 13th amendment prohibits slavery, unless you are ___. 

Convicted of a crime. 

300
What are some examples of how we can commemorate or remember the lives of those who died fighting for freedom? 

Building a monument, creating a museum, establishing a holiday (like Juneteenth), etc. 

300

True or False: All Black people were slaves before the Civil War. 

False, there were those known as the "Freedmen and Freedwomen" who fled or were born in the North and were not under slavery, though their rights weren't protected. 

300
What are some examples of how the Black Codes restricted the freedom of African American people?

The Black Codes were designed to restrict Black citizen's rights to own property, conduct business, buy and sell land, and move freely through public spaces (there are more possible answers)

400

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation called for an end to slavery in ALL the states

False, the Border States (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri) were excluded 

400

Describe what a mass wedding ceremony of the formerly enslaved would have looked like  

Up to 70 couples getting married at a time that weren't recognized as a couple under slavery, big celebration of love in the face of adversity

400

True or false: Most Confederate statues were built right after the Civil War ended. 

False, many were built decades after as a way to romanticize the Antebellum South. 

400

Who was the intellectual, highly capable Black abolitionist that was a key voice in making the war about freedom and the abolition of slavery?

Frederick Douglass

400

How did "states rights" get abused to restrict African American freedom?

The fate of African Americans was gradually turned over to individual states, who adopted rules that enforced segregation based on race and kept Black men from voting

600

Who was the general fired by Abraham Lincoln that was potentially a traitor (secretly pro-Confederacy/pro-slavery) and whose statue still sits in front of City Hall?

George B. McClellan

600

What was the amendment that gave Black men the right to vote? 

The 15th amendment

600
How did the Black Lives Matter movement impact the pro-slavery symbols (like Confederate statues) we had/have? 

Many were graffiti'd and teared down during BLM protests, a good amount were permanently removed thanks to increased media attention 

600

What did the American Colonization Society want?

The relocation of American-born Blacks in Africa

600

What was the name of the first Black senator in American history, elected in 1870 by the Mississippi state legislature? 

Hiram Rhodes Revels, whose term in the Senate lasted just a year.