Vocabulary
Black codes
laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
Inferior
Less importance or value/ quality
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The president at the time of the civil war
My name
Sam Field
Civil rights
the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law
Jim Crow laws
laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War
Sports I play
Baseball and Basketball
Tolerate
to put up with
Resolved
to find a solution for
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
18th president of the United staes
Best Rapper
Drake
14th Amendment
A change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all individuals equal protection of the law
13th Amendment
A change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States
Best Quarterback (current)
Drake Maye
15th Amendment
A change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color or because the person was once enslaved
Freedmen’s Bureau
An agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed men
What NBA player was averaging 40 in their prime
James Harden