Year
What year was slavery abolished?
1865
What amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th amendment
What laws were put in place to segregate African Americans and White Southerners?
Jim Crow Laws
Who created the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
When was the Missouri compromise?
1850
When was the US Constitution ratified?
1788
What were the three main Compromises that was created in the constitutional convention?
Federalism,Bicameral systems and the 3/5 compromise
Who led a four-day rebellion of both enslaved and free Black people?
Nat Turner
In what year was the Retrenchment?
1865-1877
Which amendments are considered to be called the "Reconstruction Amendments"?
The 13, 14, & 15 amendments
What terrorist group was created after the abolishment of Slavery?
The KKK
Who made the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
When did the Civil War end?
1865
What was the loophole in the 13th amendment?
If committed of a crime you can be subjected to involuntary servitude
What came up after the Civil War?
The Reconstruction Era
What achievements did Phillis Wheatley create?
What year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
1854
What is the bill of rights?
Rights/rules for citizens
In which case did the Supreme Court ruled that black people weren't citizens?
The Dred Scott vs. Sandford Case
What political group was anti-slavery?
The Radical Republicans