Amendments
This Amendment ended slavery in the US
What is the 13th
This Civil Rights Act of 1866 became the template for the passing of this Amendment
What is 14th
The Vice President who took over after Lincoln's assassination and created a Reconstruction Plan
Who is Andrew Johnson
This many Presidents have been REMOVED from office via impeachment (don't get tricked)
What is 0
This is the primary requirement to be a citizen under the 14th Amendment
What is Born in the United States
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 extended rights to men of all races, except...
Who are Native Americans
This program assisted former slaves and poor whites by providing food, clothing, education, and medical care
What is Freedman's Bureau
This system is when the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
What is Sharecropping
This clause under the 14th amendment says that a State may not deny any person "life, liberty, or property," without legal proceedings.
What is Due Process Clause
This Act divided the South into military districts, each governed by a general who was backed by federal troops.
What is Military Reconstruction Act
Under Johnson, southern governments passed these to restrict the rights of African Americans
What are Black Codes
This majority of the Senate was needed to find Johnson guilty and remove him from office
What is 2/3
Prior to the passing of the 14th Amendment, former slaves were not counted as a whole person when determining state representation. This section of the 14th Amendment says that former slaves will be counted as a whole person.
What is Section 2
This is the number of military districts the South was divided into under the Military Reconstruction Act
What is 5
Although the Black Codes were mostly restrictive and limited civil rights, name at least one way the codes helped African American
What is right to marry, own property, work for wages, and sue in court
Johnson violated this Act, which lead to his impeachment
What is Tenure of Office Act
This Amendment is involved in Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education
What is the 14th
Under the Military Reconstruction Act, southerners who had supported the Confederacy were denied the right to vote. This group supported congress in recognizing the south as military districts and denying confederates the right to vote
Who are Radical Republicans
The year Johnson believed Reconstruction was over and the year Reconstruction began
What is 1865
This congressional chamber charged Johnson with bringing "the high office of the President of the US into contempt, ridicule, and disgrace, to the scandal of all good citizens."
What is House of Representatives