The Constitution
What did the 13th Amendment do?
ended slavery
These were laws that were made concerning slaves.
Slave Codes
Which Supreme Court case ended segregation in Public Schools?
Brown v Board of Education
Jim Crow laws are mainly know for doing what?
allowing segregation
What was the Grandfather Clause?
if your grandfather could vote, you didn't have to pay the Poll Tax.
These were the first 10 amendments to the constitution and they protected our natural rights.
The Bill of Rights
This compromise was reached to determine how slaves were counted towards a states population.
The 3/5ths compromise.
Which Supreme Court Case allowed segregation as long as it was "Equal."
Plessy v Ferguson
List 2 ways African Americans were deprived the right to vote after the 15th Amendment was passed
poll tax, literacy tests, other
Name one of the places Dred Scott traveled to with his master that had outlawed slavery.
Illinois, NW Territory
What did the 15th Amendment do?
gave black men the right to vote.
What were the "Reconstruction Amendments"?
the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
This case ruled that slaves were not considered citizens of the US and that they had no rights.
Dred Scott
This 14 year old boy would be lynched over a false allegation made by a white woman. The public outcry would help spark the Civil Rights movement.
Emmett Till
True or False: 1. the 14th Amendment allows votes in Congress to be taken from states. 2. About 73% of lynching's occurred in the south. 3. Homer Plessy was 1/6th Black 4. At one point there were 6 supreme court justices 5. 55 City blocks were burned in the Tulsa RR
1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. False
What is the one exception included in the 13th Amendment?
punishment's for crime
What job did Dred Scott's master have?
army surgeon (will accept army or surgeon/dr)
Since 1869, how many supreme court justices has there been?
9
This event would see an entire black neighborhood burned to the ground killing hundreds all over a false accusation on an elevator.
Tulsa Race Riot 1921
What law was being challenged in the Plessy v Ferguson case? (exact)
(Louisiana's) Separate Car Act
states, equal protection, citizenship, bar office, punish states who deprive voting rights
List 3 slave codes and the specific right they violated in the Bill of Rights.
This supreme court case basically allowed the states to violate the Bill of Rights.
Barron v Baltimore
This event would occur when Moose Norman was refused the right to vote. It would see burned buildings and 56 blacks killed.
Ocoee Massacre
Besides taking away rights from slaves, what else did the Dred Scott decision make "unconstitutional."?
The Missouri Compromise