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- According to the Declaration of Independence it is your right and duty to ______ a government that violates your rights.
- ___ ____ rode on horseback to warn the colonists of the arrival of the British
- ____ _______ the British general who surrendered at Yorktown
- _____ __________ the commander of the continental army
- _______ _____ known for his "give me liberty or give me death" speech
- The colonists were unhappy with England because they had no representation in...
- In order to maintain control of the colonies in America, England wanted to remain a _____ power
- The _________ __ ____ hampered the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains
- The two main reasons England began taxing the colonies were to pay for the French and Indian war and to keep British ______ in the colonies
- The _____ ___ taxes colonists for paper and all printed materials in the colonies
- Fully blockade all the Southern Port cities with the navy
- Fighting on the defensive in its own territory(knowing the land)
- Industrial Economy(better weapons, clothing, shoes, food, and medicine.)
- Shatter Southern civilian morale by capturing and destroying Atlanta, Savannah, and the heart of the Southern secession, South Carolina
- The majority of the top graduates of the West Point will serve as Confederate Officers(military)
- ___ ____ and ____ ______ led the Boston tea party (names of the people)
- As a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling,A. it took decades for segregation to be declared unconstitutional.B. it took a few years before segregation was declared unconstitutional.C. fewer facilities became segregated.D. railcars on trains were desegregated.
- W. E. B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist whoA. helped found the NAACP.B. helped found the Universal Negro Improvement Association.C. supported the accommodationist approach.D. supported the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling.
- Which best describes W. E. B. Du Bois's opinion of Booker T. Washington's accommodationist approach?A. It was an important tool in ending segregation.B. It reinforced segregation and discrimination.C. It could work, if paired with more aggressive tactics.D. It was the cause of violence against African Americans.
- Which of the following rights were denied to African Americans as a result of Jim Crow laws?A. the right to an educationB. the right to voteC. the right to travel on trainsD. the right to challenge laws