1619 Project Episode 1

How many Africans were aboard the first ship?

One of Thomas Jefferson's slaves was his wife's half brother, which accompanied him to Philadelphia.

Which Constitutional Ammendment banned discrimination based on race?

How did Hannah-Jones say she felt about the American Flag her dad flew?

Five free black men were invited to meet with Lincoln at the White House on August 14th of what year?

How old was Thomas Jefferson when he drafted the Declaration of Independence?

What was the name of the first slave ship?

What ironic name was the port called?

A portion of the Declaration was removed because it referred to slavery as a crime imposed by the King of England.

Once in the north her father and grandmother no longer experienced racism and segregation.

Which Constitutional Ammendment all men the right to vote despite racial status?

Mississippi lynched more black people than any other US state.

The beating of the black veteran launched the Civil Rights Movement.

Abraham Lincoln stated that black people were a "troublesom prescense" and blammed them for the Civil War.

Ironically, colonists referred to themselves as being enslaved to England.

Where did her paternal grandmother move to?

Where was her dad born?

Lincoln's plan was to send the 4 mil freed enslaved people to another country and secured funds from congress to do so.

The formally enslaved people wanted to leave the U.S.

Which Constitutional Ammendment banished slavery?

Abraham Lincoln was oppossed to slavery and wanted equality amongst all people.

What does "the Great Nadir" mean?

The Jim Crow era began after President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew federal troops from the south.

What is the name of the black World War Veteran who was beaten and blinded by police in 1946?

The Civil Rights Movement paved the way for other movements, such as women's rights, disability rights and LGBTQ rights.

Who created the 1619 project?

At this time 1/10 of the poplulation was enslaved people.

The Republican party was originally the "Progressive" party.

Abrahman Lincon appointed who to be commissioner of emmigration?

"All men... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalineable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and _____?