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What do you know about Black American History?
To be remembered: the first African American slaves were brought in America (to the British
colonies) in 1620.
1: -African slaves worked mostly in Southern states Northern states
-They worked in sugars,..COLBO..
becer.
...colom... plantations.
2: -What important event happened between 1861 and 1865? The War of Independence
The American Revolution The Civil War
-It was also called the War indépendance
-Who were opposed?
states declared their
England and America The North and the South (in America)
-What happened? Fill in the blanks: 11...nicam
secession from the USA and formed the 'Ciuil night mel... The rest of the US
(20 free states + 5menicom states which were border states) formed the 'U.
-In French this event is known as "
-The
... was
Abraham Lincoln
-In 1863, the President declared the 'E...
proclamation). It means that slavery was....
became.......
-In 1865 President .......
assassinated.
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own independent nation.
-The war was won by
in 1865.
-The American President during this period was Georges Washington Thomas Jefferson
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the abolition of slavery whereas the
it, that's why they wanted to secede and create their
ORA
or
Declaration' (or
FANTA
...........
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was re-elected replaced
and all black slaves
3. The
Ofreedom segregation (1865- 1960's)
-During this period several Southern states passed s...
reintroduce r.................
......... laws to
discrimination in public transport, schools and public
places: The black codes □ The discriminative laws The Jim Crow Laws
-At the same period, a racist organization defending white supremacy used intimidation and
violence to prevent Black people from enjoying their Rights. Its members were dressed in
white garments and they were called the WASPS the Ku Klux Klan The White
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Tigers
of slavery was followed by a long period of Cdiscrimination
4. -In the 1920's and 1930's, a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fostering a ne
black cultural identity flourished. It was called the Black Renaissance the Harlem
Renaissance the Harlem Movement
B.........
H.......................
........ contributed to this movement as a Jazz
singer. Her protest song entitled STRANGE FRUIT has often been described as "a
declaration of war....the beginning of the Civil Rights movement".