What group of northerners often scapegoated free black laborers for their diminishing economic prospects and sought revenge through mob violence?
What African-American educator was born into slavery but wen…
What African-American educator was born into slavery but went on to found the Tuskegee Institute and became a vocal opponent of segregation and Jim Crow?
What radical organization praised and promoted violence, ref…
What radical organization praised and promoted violence, referred to the police as “pigs” and the US as “Babylon,” and caused enough fear and paranoia to be targeted by the FBI?
Which emerging political ideology, founded on the principles…
Which emerging political ideology, founded on the principles of John Locke and other Enlightenment thinkers, advocated equality before the law, government based on consent, and individual economic freedoms as the best way to protect individual rights?
What event caused Britain and France to declare war on Germa…
What event caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany, beginning World War II?
African-American women largely stayed out of the feminist mo…
African-American women largely stayed out of the feminist movement of the late 1960s and 70s.
Which president signed the law establishing Martin Luther Ki…
Which president signed the law establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national holiday in 1983?
Reversing the migration trend from the first half of the twe…
Reversing the migration trend from the first half of the twentieth century, in the twenty-first century African-Americans have been moving away from _______ and to _______ in large numbers.
What form of protest did leaders like Rev. Martin Luther Kin…
What form of protest did leaders like Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. advocate throughout the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 60s?
When the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January…
When the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January 1, 1863, what did it do?