Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Tubman

Multiple Choice

You will hear multiple choice questions about the information presented in the talk. Listen to each question and decide whether (a), (b), (c), or (d) is the best answer to the question asked.

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A)	was severely beaten	C)	ran away from the plantation
B)	served as a nurse for the army	D)	conducted 300 slaves to freedom

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A)	19	C)	300
B)	150	D)	800

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A)	1850	C)	1861
B)	1860	D)	1865

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A)	1861	C)	1865
B)	1863	D)	1913

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A)	commandos	C)	abolitionists
B)	army scouts	D)	Confederates

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A)	Harriet Tubman	B)	someone in history other than Tubman

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A)	Harriet Tubman	B)	someone in history other than Tubman

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A)	Harriet Tubman	B)	someone in history other than Tubman

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A)	Harriet Tubman	B)	someone in history other than Tubman

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A)	Harriet Tubman	B)	someone in history other than Tubman

Completion

You are going to listen to a story about the struggle for civil rights and equality for African-Americans following the U.S. Civil War. While you listen and read, type in the missing information in the blank spaces.

11.

At the beginning of the Civil War in ___, there were more than four milion, African-Americans in the United States.

12.

___ of these people were enslaved in the South.

13.

When the Civil War ended in ___, all the slaves were freed.

14.

The Congress of the United States in the next few years passed the ___ ___ ___ Amendments to the U.S. Constitution to guarantee these newly freed people equal civil rights, including the right to vote.

15.

However, Southern states almost immediately began to pass laws which segregated, or separated, black people in schools, public places, and housing. Both legel and illegal ways to prevent these people from boting were also used. Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court in ___ upheld a law in the Southern state of Louisiana which segregated black people on trains. The Supreme Court decided that “___ ___ ___” facilities were not against the Constitution.

16.

This decision led to about ___ years of institutionalized segregation in the South. Although segregation was never legal in the North, there was still widespread discrimination, and segregation in schools and housing was quite common.

17.

During the ___ War things began to change and by the end of the war, the military was completely desegregated. That is, segregation was ended in the military.

18.

Later, the ___ reversed its earlier “separate but equal” decision and decided that “separate but equal” facilities violated people’s civil rights.

19.

The Supreme Court ordered that public schools be desegregated. In ___, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination in public facilities, public education, labor unions, and employment. The Voting Rights Act helped to protect every person’s right to vote.

20.

This brief outline of the struggle for equal ___ rights emphasized the legal side of the struggle. The human side of the struggle is, of course, dramatic and moving, with great determination and courage shown by leaders and common people together.