13th
What year was the 13th Amendment passed?
1865
What section does Plessy v Ferguson violate in the 14th amendment.
section 1
These were tests that required voters to prove they could read, often unfairly used against Black voters.
Literacy test
What is the longest word in this line?
Longest
Why were the Black Codes created?
It was a response to the 13th Amendment that tried to keep slavery alive.
What section states the 3/5ths clause
Section 2
The 15th Amendment was passed during this era after the Civil War
Reconstruction Era
What is the shortest word in this line?
is or in
What year did the Slauterhouse Cases happen
1873
What year was Black v Board of Education
1954
What year was the Voting Rights Act
1965
If a person is indicated for a crime, what 2 rights does he have
The right to an attorney and the right to a speedy and public trial
What is Convict Leasing
where private individuals and corporations could lease labor from the state in the form of prisoners, nearly all of whom were Black
What was the main argument of Black v Board of Education
Segregation is harmful to black children and that separate facilities could never truly be equal.
The 15th amendment says that voting rights cannot be denied based on these three things.
Race, skin color, or previous conditions of servitude
The legislative branch does what
make laws
This court case mattered because it gave legal justification the segregation was legal
Plessy VS. Ferguson
Who was the plaintiff of Plessy v Ferguson
Homer Plessy
This 1873 event in Louisiana was one of the deadliest acts of racial violence during Reconstruction.
The Colfax Massacre
The powers granted to the National Government by the constitution are called what
enumerated powers