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Frage		Antworten
First slaves arrived in the British colonies in... Lernen beginnen		1619
Where were the slaves used? Lernen beginnen		Tobacco and cotton plantations as manual labor, mainly in South
Thomas Jefferson said... Lernen beginnen		"All men are created equal"
What was the Three Fifth Compromise about? Lernen beginnen		1 slave would be counted as 60% of a white man
What was Eli Whitney's Cotton gin about? Lernen beginnen		taking the seeds out the cotton.
When was Eli Whitney's Cotton gin? Lernen beginnen		1793
One slave with gin... Lernen beginnen		could process 23 kg of cotton a day.
Where was the cotton exported? Lernen beginnen		Great Britain
What started the Industrial Revolution? Lernen beginnen		Cotton export
When were the new slaves made illegal? Lernen beginnen		1808
What was the anti-slavery movement called? Lernen beginnen		Abolitionists
What was "Bleeding Kansas"? Lernen beginnen		vote to decide if state would be enslaved or free
When did the "Bleeding Kansas" take place? Lernen beginnen		1854
How many people did political violence kill? Lernen beginnen		50 to 200
When did the political violence kill people? Lernen beginnen		1854-1859
Who was John Brown? Lernen beginnen		abolitionist who supported violence against slave owners.
Who was Abraham Lincoln before he became the president? Lernen beginnen		Lawyer and politician
When did Abraham Lincoln join the Republican Party? Lernen beginnen		1856
When did "House Divided" speech happen? Lernen beginnen		1858
When was Abraham Lincoln a candidate for president? Lernen beginnen		1860
Was Abraham Lincoln against slavery? Lernen beginnen		Yes, but he couldn't do anything about it
Lincoln elected... Lernen beginnen		11 Southern states seceded and formed new country.
How many people died due to Civil War? Lernen beginnen		635 thousands
How long was the Civil War? Lernen beginnen		1861-1865
The date of freeing the slaves Lernen beginnen		4 April 1865
What was the reconstruction? Lernen beginnen		Plan to rebuild the country
When was Lincoln killed? Lernen beginnen		On 15 April 1865
Who killed Lincoln? Lernen beginnen		John Wilkes Booth, Southern patriot.
What were the Black Codes? Lernen beginnen		– new laws to keep blacks as almost slaves.
Black Code made black people have no right to... Lernen beginnen		own land, go to school or vote
Ku Klux Klan... Lernen beginnen		used terror and fear to control blacks
Plessy vs. Ferguson date Lernen beginnen		1896
1940 Lernen beginnen		13m blacks in US, 10m in the South.
Blacks in the US Army... Lernen beginnen		were only used to cook and do physical work, etc.
At 1 December 1941... Lernen beginnen		Roosevelt ordered to train the blacks to fight.
Tuskegee Airmen Lernen beginnen		some of first black pilots trained to fly.
President Harry S Trueman ordered desegregation of US military. Lernen beginnen		1948
1954 – Lernen beginnen		US Schools desegregated
1 December 1955 Lernen beginnen		Arrest of Rosa Parks led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
November 1956 Lernen beginnen		Supreme Court ordered city buses desegregated
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? Lernen beginnen		Protestant minister who became national leader of black Americans
Sit-ins Lernen beginnen		form of economic attack.
What was Luther King's main philosophy? Lernen beginnen		To not fight violence with violence.
28 August 1963 Lernen beginnen		250,000 black and white protestors met in Washington to tell the government that something had to be done about segregation.
King's speech was called... Lernen beginnen		"I have a dream"
15 September 1963, Birmingham, Alabama Lernen beginnen		– 4 members of the Klan planted 15 sticks of dynamite under the stairs of black church on Sunday morning.
Early 2010’s Lernen beginnen		several young black teenagers were killed by white police officers in different American cities.

SOCIAL ISSUES 2

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