📚 Part 1: Key Events and Figures

1. Which document officially freed enslaved people in the United States?

The Constitution

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Declaration of Independence

The Bill of Rights

2. What did the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling establish?

Complete equality for all races

"Separate but equal" facilities

The end of segregation

Voting rights for African Americans

3. The Great Migration (1916-1970) involved:

African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities

European immigrants arriving in America

Native Americans relocating to reservations

People moving from cities to rural areas

4. Which organisation was founded in 1910 to fight for civil rights?

SCLC

NAACP

SNCC

CORE

⏰ Part 2: Timeline Construction

5. Number these events in chronological order (1-6):

_____ Montgomery Bus Boycott

_____ Emancipation Proclamation

_____ Brown v. Board of Education

_____ NAACP founded

_____ Plessy v. Ferguson

_____ The Great Migration begins

6. Fill in the missing dates:

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in _______.

The "separate but equal" ruling occurred in _______.

School segregation was declared unconstitutional in _______.

💭 Part 3: Critical Thinking and Connections

7. Explain how Jim Crow laws affected the daily lives of African Americans in the South:

8. Compare the struggles for equality in African American history to social justice movements in New Zealand. Name one similarity:

9. Why do you think the Civil Rights Movement was necessary even after slavery was abolished? Give two reasons:

10. Reflection: What is one question you still have about this period in history?

African American History Timeline

African American History Timeline

📚 Part 1: Key Events and Figures

⏰ Part 2: Timeline Construction

💭 Part 3: Critical Thinking and Connections

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