1. Which of these famous books stirred up anti-slavery sentiment in the United States before the Civil War?
Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe

2. Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman

3. What is an abolitionist?
A person who wanted to end slavery.

4. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
An executive order by President Lincoln declaring that all slaves were free.

5. Which famous Supreme Court case in 1896 declared that segregation was legal and constitutional, as long as segregated facilities were "separate but equal?"
Plessy v. Ferguson

6. What were Jim Crow laws?
These laws instituted segregation in the South, legalizing racially segregated facilities.

7. Which famous Supreme Court Case led to the desegregation of schools?
Brown v. Board of Education

8. What civil rights leader wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," which argued the case for "civil disobedience"—the moral duty for individuals to disobey unjust laws?
Martin Luther King

9. What famous event took place during the March on Washington?
Martin Luther King gave his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream."

10. Who were the "Little Rock Nine?"
A group of black students who bravely worked to desegregate all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.