Reconstruction 1
What is the Purpose of the 13 Amendment?
It ended slavery in the United States
What is the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
You can not deny someone the right to vote because of their Race.
What was the abolitionist movement?
The movement to end Slavery.
What modern states were the tribes relocated to?
Oklahoma
Who are the Thunder Playing in the Western Conference Finals?
The San Antonio Spurs
What is the purpose of the 14th Amendment?
Birthright Citizenship and Equal protection under the law
What did Radical Republicans want during Reconstruction?
To punish the Southern States for Seceding and starting the Civil War.
How were John Brown's methods different from other Abolitionists?
Brown believed in using violence.
What is the Forced Removal of the Cherokee called?
The Trail of Tears
Who was the 18th President of the United States?
Ulysses S. Grant
What is the Purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To help newly Freed African Americans with finding jobs, housing, and education.
What were Jim Crowe Laws?
Laws designed to enforce Segregation.
How did Nat Turners rebellion change Southern Laws and Attitudes?
What is the Common Mans Cause?
The belief that there should be more Common Men in the Government.
Explain the decision in the Plessy V. Ferguson court Case.
The Court ruled that segregation was legal as long as things were "Separate but Equal".
What are Black Codes?
Laws designed to limit the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
Why did Congress need to pass the 13th Amendment, even though Lincoln had already issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Proclamation only ended slavery in the South, the 13th Amendment ended slavery all across the United States.
What was the Anaconda Plan?
The plan used by the Union to choke the South into surrendering. It would be accomplished by blockading Southern Ports, capturing the Mississippi River, and invading the South.
How did Andrew Jackson help the Common Man?
Andrew Jackson expanded Voting rights. You no longer had to be a White Male who owned land to vote.
What one of the most devastating emotional effect of slavery?
Being separated from their families and loved ones.
Explain the difference between Lincolns 10% Plan and the Wade-Davis Bill.
Lincolns 10% plan was very forgiving to the South, it was very lenient. Lincoln wanted to move on with rebuilding the Nation. The Wade-Davis Bill was more harsh and tried to punish the south for starting the Civil War.
What is a Poll Tax and why were they passed?
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What is the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
Preventing European countries from colonizing South American Countries.
It proved that they could not rely on the Courts to give them freedom.