American Ideals
The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities
What is equality?
The President of the United States during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Vice-President who became President when Lincoln was assassinated
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The group that was left out of the 15th Amendment
Who are women?
The moral or legal entitlement (permission) to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way
What are rights?
Name given to those who opposed slavery and wanted to end it immediately
Who are abolitionists?
The name of the time period (1865-1877) following the Civil War
What is the Reconstruction Era?
African American men were able to participate in democratic processes like this
What is jury service, voting, and serving in office?
The Amendment that gave African Americans citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views
What is liberty?
Secession can best be described as
What is when an institution leaves or withdraws from a larger institution?
The Confederate States of America can best be described as
What is the name of the country formed when the Southern states seceded from the United States?
Landless farmers who gave their landlords a large portion of their crops as rent
Who are sharecroppers?
The 15th Amendment can best be described as
What is gave African American men the right to vote?
The set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something
What is opportunity?
The organization/agency that worked to feed and clothe war refugees and help formerly enslaved people
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
The Commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The name of the formerly enslaved woman who gained freedom for herself, 13 of her relatives, and used the resources she got from the Freedman's Bureau to thrive and succeed in Los Angeles
Who is Bridget "Biddy" Mason?
The Fourteenth Amendment can best be described as
What is gave citizens equal protection under the law and made all people born in the US citizens?
The form of government in which people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy") or to choose governing officials to do so ("representative democracy")
What is Democracy?
Jim Crow Laws can best be described as
What are the laws that enforced the separation of White and Black people in public spaces, racial segregation?
This was issued during the war by Abraham Lincoln and freed the slaves in the South
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The war hero who was elected President during the Reconstruction Era
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments of the Constitution all relate to
What are Civil Rights?