WEBQUEST : FROM SLAVERY TO EQUALITY ?
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A /     THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (or Revolutionary War) and THE BIRTH OF THE USA


1-The War of Independence (from_______ to ________ ) led to the creation of "the United States of America", after a conflict with ______________ (country)

2. What year did the United States issue the Declaration of Independence?
a. 1775    b. 1776    c. 1783    d. 1786
Every year, the Americans commemorate their Independence. Do you know on what day ? 

3. Who was the first President of the United States?
a. George Washington    b. John Adams    c. Abraham Lincoln    d. Thomas Jefferson

B /    SLAVERY (FROM 1619 TO 1863)

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4. What continent did most of the slaves in the Americas come from?
a. Europe     b. Asia    c. South America    d. Africa

5. True or False: Many slaves died during the trip to America due to disease and starvation
a. TRUE     b. FALSE


6. What were people called who wanted to end slavery?

a. Abolitionists    b. Federalists    c. Freedom fighters    d. Slavers

7. "__________________________" by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published in ______ and helped people realize that slavery had to end (use google) 

8. In what region of the United States was slavery first made illegal?
a. West    b. East    c. South    d. North

9. What war began over a fear that President Lincoln would end slavery?
a. World War I    b. War of 1812    c. the Civil War

It started in ________ and ended in _________

10. What was the escape route from the South to the North called?
a. Freedom Trail    b. Great Escape Path    c. Secret Passage    d. Underground Railroad

11. Which amendment to the US Constitution outlawed slavery (= made it illegal) in all of the United States?
a. 1st    b. 5th    c. 13th    d. 17th

When was it ratified ? __________

C/     SEGREGATION - "separate but equal"

12-Look up in a dictionary the meaning of "segregation" 


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13. What was the purpose* of the Jim Crow Laws ? (*le but)
a. Segregation in public places in the South        b. To keep black people and white people separate
c. To keep black people from voting                d. All of the above

14. What was it called when millions of African-Americans moved north to get away from the Jim Crow laws?
a. Underground Railroad        b. Big Move        c. Great Migration        d. Freedom March

15. What areas of society were affected by Jim Crow Laws?
a. Schools    b. Prisons    c. Restaurants    d. Transportation    e. All of the above

16. What laws in the South tried to maintain something like slavery     even after the Civil War?
a. New Deal    b. Black codes    c. Intolerable Acts    d. African Acts

17. What law passed in 1964 helped put an end to Jim Crow Laws?
a. Civil Rights Act    b. Thirteenth Amendment    c. Emancipation Proclamation    d. New Deal

D/    THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT in the 1950s and 1960s

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18. What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
a. Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857        b. Brown v. Board of Education in 1954    c. Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896

19. What civil rights leader refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person?
a. W.E.B Du Bois        b. Rosa Parks        c. Martin Luther King       d. Harriet Tubman

20. What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
a. John F. Kennedy        b. Dwight D. Eisenhower        c. Lyndon Johnson        d. Jimmy Carter

E/    MARTIN LUTHER KING

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21. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?   Locate it on the map
a. Maryland        b. Alabama        c. Georgia        d. Massachusetts

22. Before getting involved in the civil rights movement, what was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s job?
a. Lawyer        b. Minister  = ___________ in French        c. Medical doctor        d. Professor

23. What was the first major civil rights action that Martin Luther King, Jr. led?  
a. Little Rock Nine        b. March on Washington        c. Birmingham Campaign        d. Montgomery Bus Boycott (Locate Montgomery on the map)

24. What name has been given to the speech Martin Luther King, Jr. gave at the March on Washington in 1963?  Locate Washington on the map
a. One Day        b. Washington Address        c. We March        d. I Have a Dream

25. What type of protests did Martin Luther King, Jr. organize?
a. Violent        b. Destructive        c. Non-violent        d. Armed attacks

Who was he influenced by ? 

26. How did Martin Luther King, Jr. die?
a. He died in a car bomb           b. He suffered a heart attack while giving a speech
c. He died from cancer            d. He was shot by an assassin

F /     Major Figures

Write the names under the pictures. They have all been mentioned in the different questions