Exam 5: Historical Figures and Events

………….., is now leading the United States of America as its president.

The American Civil War ended in ............. with the Northern forces under the Union defeating the southern states fighting under Confederacy.

The Congress passed the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in the United States on January 31, 1865, and it was ratified by the states on December 6,...................

The history of slavery in America dates back to the seventeenth century when slaves were brought to Virginia in.............

…………….. soon became a pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, after having married Coretta Scott in 1953, a singer he met while in Boston.

As part of the poor people's campaign, ……….. went to Memphis, Tennessee on 29 March, 1968, in order to show support for the black sanitation workers.

In 1957, an organization called the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed, under the leadership of ……………., as a means of leading the upcoming civil rights movement in the country.

While spending time in the Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, …………. learned all about Mahatma Gandhi's policy against non- violence, and finally earned a degree in Divinity in 1951.

Abraham Lincoln was elected the President of United States in..................

South Carolina was the first state to declare secession from the United States in .................

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a town in Gujarat in western India on 2 October …………….

…………. had started and popularized the term 'Harijan' for the Untouchables (though many saw it as patronizing).

The American Civil War was fought in the years 1861-1865 over the issue of ……………...

The Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln became the President of the United States by defeating ............- the nominee of the Southern faction, by a huge margin.

............. became the President of the United States by defeating John C. Breckinridge - the nominee of the Southern faction, by a huge margin.

…………. birthday 2 October is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday and as the International Non-Violence day across the world.

On 4th September……………., Mahatma Gandhi traveled to England to study law at the university College London and to train as a barrister, as his family wanted him to be a barrister.

………………. adopted the policy of mass disobedience and non-violent resistance as weapons against the British Rule in India and followed a principle of Ahimsa (total Non-Violence).

On September 22, ............, Abraham Lincoln issued what is known as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born in Porbandar,…………...