| A | B |
| 13th Amendment | Ended slavery |
| 14th Amendment | defines citizenship -all persons should be treated same. AA are citizens. Indians are not. |
| 15th Amendment | African American men get to vote |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | pre-Civil War novel - says slavery is cruel |
| Black Codes | laws during reconstruction limit freedom of AA |
| Exodusters | AA's who settled Kansas plains in 1870's |
| Pap Singleton | AA land promoter promoted blacks to settle in Kansas |
| Jim Crow Laws | late 1880's - introduced segregation, sparate areas for blacks and whites |
| Mine Creek | only Civil War Battle fought in Kansas |
| Nicodemus | famous AA town in Kansas |