Black Codes
Why did most black people have to sharecrop?
The land ownership laws made it hard for black people to own land so it forced them to remain economically dependent on white farmers.
What year were the Reconstruction acts that Andrew Johnson tried to veto?
1867
Who took over after Lincoln died?
Andrew Johnson
What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?
It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
Why are the apprentice laws bad?
The apprentice laws were bad because they were often used to oppress and control racial minorities, limiting their freedom and parental rights.
How many miles of Railroad was destroyed by the Union in the Civil War?
9,000 miles
Which general promised each black person 40 acres of land but did not keep his promise?
General Sherman
A government agency established in March 1865 to help formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the South after the Civil War. It provided food, housing, medical aid, and established schools, and also offered legal assistance and attempted to help with land distribution.
What year did Lincoln get assassinated?
1865
Why does the 14th amendment matter so much now?
It provides a legal basis for challenging discrimination and has been used to advance civil rights for various groups, including women and people with disabilities.
What were the Vagrancy laws?
Black people could be, fined, imprisoned, and forced into a labor contract, if they were unemployed.
Which three places were impacted or destroyed after the civil war?(That we talked about)
Richmond, Atlanta, and New Orleans
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
A government agency established in March 1865 to help formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the South after the Civil War. It provided food, housing, medical aid, and established schools, and also offered legal assistance and attempted to help with land distribution.
What was the name of the plan that Lincoln made and why was it named that?
It was the 10% plan and it was named that because Lincoln wanted to allow Southern states to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War by requiring 10 percent of their eligible voters to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States.
What was the relationship between the 14th and 15th Amendments, and how did they work together to grant new rights to African Americans?
The 14th and 15th Amendments worked together by first granting African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law (14th Amendment) and then providing African American men with the right to vote (15th Amendment).
What did black people need to travel?
Passbooks
What was the military reconstruction?
The Military Reconstruction Act was a set of laws that divided the former Confederate states into five military districts under Union generals to oversee Reconstruction.
Why was Andrew Johnson bad?
Andrew Johnson was a bad president because he opposed rights for freed slaves, vetoed major civil rights laws, and let former Confederates regain power after the Civil War. His racism and lenient Reconstruction policies hurt progress toward equality, leading to his impeachment and lasting harm to the nation’s recovery.
In order for the fourteenth Amendment to go to the Union what did each state have to do?
They had to draft a new constitution to be approved by Congress, to ratify the 14th Amendment, and to grant suffrage to African American men
What did the United States vs. Cruikshank case do?
United States v. Cruikshank was a Supreme Court case that weakened the federal government's ability to enforce civil rights by ruling that the Bill of Rights applied only to the states, not private citizens.
When and where specifically was the KKK formed?
Pulaski, Tenesse in December 1865
What was the name of the first all-black school in Richmond, VA, created by the Freedmen's Bureau?
Chimborazo
What was the full name of Abraham Lincoln's assassin?
John Wilkes Booth
If the 15th Amendment explicitly prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, how were states able to use literacy tests and poll taxes to disenfranchise African American men for generations afterward?
Despite the 15th Amendment's explicit ban on denying the right to vote based on race, Southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and other discriminatory measures to disenfranchise African American men.