Season 2 Episode 1: Chicago Flashcards
What is the capital of Illinois?
Springfield is the capital of Illinois.
What years did Frederick Douglass serve as president of the United States? The 60s or the 70s?
He never served as president of the United States. He was an abolitionist.
Frederick Douglass, original name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (born February 1818?, Tuckahoe, Md., U.S.—died Feb. 20, 1895, Washington, D.C.), was an African American who was one of the most eminent human rights leaders of the 19th century. His oratorical and literary brilliance thrust him into the forefront of the U.S. abolition movement, and he became the first black citizen to hold high rank in the U.S. government.
If you want to know more:
A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?
None of them. You can’t get a banana from a coconut tree!
What was abolitionism?
Abolitionism, also called abolition movement, (c. 1783–1888), in western Europe and the Americas, was the movement chiefly responsible for creating the emotional climate necessary for ending the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery.
If you want to know more:
http://global.britannica.com/topic/abolitionism-European-and-American-social-movement
