Historical Figures

This person was the 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves.

Lyndon B. Johnson signed the civil rights act of 1964 into law and the voting rights act of 1965.

This historical person was the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator"

Ceaser Chavez did which of the following?

This historial person was A white abolitionist Methodist minister, his antislavery views were threatening to southerners

She was the first African-American woman from the south to serve in Congress when she was elected to the House of Rep.

He was a wealthy plantation owner who transported sugar & cotton After the Civil War he was forced to release his slaves

Harriet Tubman was born a slave on a plantation & became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading others

Henry Flipper was the first African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy.

An ex slave woman who spoke about her life on her masters plantation & what she experienced when living there.

Ma Ferguson was the first female governor of Texas, and one of the first two women to be governor of any U.S. state

This person was the Comanche leader who worked to settle disputes between Native Americans and the US Government.

Fredrick Douglass was an abolitionist who escaped slavery & became a leading African American spokesman & writer

Dolores Huerta did which of the following?