Amend My Soul
This hat-wearing president passed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
15th Amendment Ratification
1870
Civil Rights Act
Declared all persons born in the US to be citizens and have rights
______ vs Sanford
Dred Scott
This compromise admitted California to the United States as a free state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves.
What is the compromise of 1850?
The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were all passed during this time.
What is the Reconstruction?
13th Amendment
1865
Reconstruction Acts
Divided the Confederate states into 5 military districts
16th President
Abraham Lincoln
This law required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state. It also led to many African Americans being illegally captured.
What is the Fugitive Slave law?
This Constitutional amendment got rid of slavery in the United States.
What is the thirteenth amendment?
14th Amendment
1866
First Confiscation Act
Allowed for the seizure of all Confederate property, whether or not it had been used to support the rebellion.
Who vetoed the original Civil Rights Act?
Andrew Jackson
___ Laws, Acts, and Compromises during Period 5 related to slavery.
what is six?
This Constitutional amendment made it impossible for the government to restrict someone’s rights and deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
What is the fourteenth amendment?
Civil Rights Act
1866
Homestead Act
Homestead protection laws protect homeowners and other small property owners from being left homeless during times of economic strife
What president was in office when the 14th amendment was passed?
Andrew Jackson
The 13th amendment completely abolished slavery in the United States unless ______?
What is the punishment for a crime?
This amendment makes it impossible to deny rights to someone on an account of race, color, or If they were once enslaved.
What is the fifteenth amendment?
Tenure of Office Act
1867
Tenure of Office Act
Intended to restrict the power the president held over choosing to remove office-holders without senate approval
Who was in office when the 15th amendment was ratified?
Ulysses S. Grant
This act not only allowed for the seizure of all Southern property, but it also freed all of the slaves that they previously considered slaves.
What is the Second Confiscation Act?