Vocabulary
Slavery
When someone is under someone else's complete control and does work for no payment.
Amendment 13 made slavery illegal in the United States
True
Laws that were made (mostly in the Southern States) that kept white and black americans separated in an unfair way.
Jim Crow Laws
to keep separate
Someone on the run who's escaped
The Freedmen's Bureau was a group for white lawmakers
False. The Freedmen's bureau was a group made to help former slaves with education and jobs.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
The 14th Amendment was a law added to the constitution that made it so that states could not make laws that took away people's rights.
Discriminate
To be mean to someone because of their gender, skin color, etc.
Reconstruction Era
The time period after the civil war
The 14th amendment gave African American men the right to vote
False. The 15th amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What were the 3 things the three things that the Jim Crow Laws did?
Discriminate, Segregate, and Disenfranchise
To keep a group of people from voting
Sharecropping
Slavery 2.0
White landowners would rehire their former slaves and keep them in debt.
True. Most of the Civil War battles happened in the South.
Jim Crow Laws were legal, according to the constitution.
False. Jim Crow laws took away people's rights.
Constitution
A country's rule book
Amendment
A new rule added to our country's constitution.
The Freedmen's Bureau is still active today, and helps many people find jobs and adjust to life in America.
False. Congress stopped funding the Freedmen's Bureau in the late 1800s.
What were the amendments to the constitution that were added after the Civil War?
13th, 14th, and 15th
Legislator
Law maker