Vocabulary
an agreement in which both sides give up some demands
Compromise
A law granting 160 acres of free land to settlers who lived on and improved the land for five years.
What is The Homestead Act?
One result of the Civil War was the strengthened power of----
the federal government over the states.
What is one political impact of the Reconstruction Era on the United States?
Three new amendments to the Constitution were approved.
This amendment gave African American men 21 or older the right to vote.
15th amendment
the idea that states can refuse to follow federal laws
Nullification
A government boarding school that forced Native American children to adopt white culture, erasing their traditions.
What is the Carlisle Indian School?
How many terms was President Lincoln elected for and how many did he serve.
2 terms, but only served one due to being assassinated shortly after his 2nd Inaugural Address
How was the Constitution amended because of the Civil War?
Multiple changes to the Constitution including 3 amendments and an Act/Law
This amendment abolished slavery
13th amendment
an alliance of sovereign states formed for a common purpose
Confederacy
The belief that native-born Americans are superior and that immigration should be restricted.
What is Nativism?
What allowed for "Separate but Equal"
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
What compromise was made to eventually reconstruct the Union?
Compromise of 1877
This amendment stated that all people born in the U.S. had equal rights because they were a citizen.
14th amendment
the practice of receiving a portion of the crops in exchange for living and farming on a large estate
Sharecropping
The first major U.S. law to ban immigration by nationality—prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country.
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act?
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
What could African Americans do after the Civil war that they couldn't do before?
Vote
What is Mr. Barnes' favorite NFL football team?
San Francisco 49ers
political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments
Federalism
What was used to deny newly freed African Americans the right to vote?
What are Literacy tests, poll tax, and the grandfather clause?
How many casualties were there at the Battle of Antietam?
Over 22,000
How did some in the South respond to the changes brought about by Reconstruction?
Many white Southerners resisted the changes brought about by Reconstruction, viewing it as a humiliating imposition, and some resorted to violence and the formation of white supremacist groups to undermine the gains made by African Americans.
What is Mr. Barnes' Favorite candy?
Anything Reese's