African American Literature

Which of these famous books stirred up anti-slavery sentiment in the United States before the Civil War?

1. Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
2. Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
3. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
4. Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens

What is an abolitionist?

1. A person who believed slavery was just and fair.
2. A person who wanted to secede from the North
3. A person who was in charge of all the slaves.
4. A person who wanted to end slavery.

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early-to-mid 18th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.

Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?

1. Sojourner Truth
2. Frederick Douglass
3. Harriet Tubman
4. Langston Hughes

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave, helped other slaves escape to freedom in Canada though the Underground Railroad.

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

1. A document declaring that the Southern states were seceding from the United States.
2. An executive order by President Lincoln declaring that all slaves were free.
3. A document declaring that all states west of the Mississippi would be "free" states as opposed to "slave" states.

Abraham Lincoln

In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

1. Malcolm X
2. Obama
3. Martin Luther King
4. Frederick Douglass

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks