Enslaved to Free
This amendment ended slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
The Civil War was fought between the Union and THIS rebel-country
The Confederacy/Confederate States of America
He was president after Lincoln
Who is Andrew Johnson?
How are changes made to the US Constitution?
Amendments/Amendment process
Name a teacher that does not have an Advocacy.
Patterson / Ingram / Mattos
According to the amendment, involuntary servitude remains legal for THIS group of people
Who are people convicted of a crime?
This was the year the Civil War ended--also the year of Lincoln's death
What is 1865?
Congress did this to a president for the first time during Reconstruction. It's happened three times since then.
What is impeach?
How many US Senators are there?
100
What is split lunch?
These were a group of laws targeting newly freed slaves, enacted in Southern cities
What are Black Codes?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved workers everywhere that slavery existed in the US--except here
What are the border states?
This amendment was a direct response to the Dred Scott decision--effectively canceling it
What is the 14th Amendment?
Who can veto a bill (law passed by Congress)?
The President
Hybrid Learning began THIS month
What is February?
A landowner would lend materials to newly freed slaves to farm in exchange for a percentage of their harvest--a deal often reneged--in THIS form of labor
What is sharecropping?
This state broke into two during the Civil War
What is Virginia/West Virginia?
This phrase, used by the Supreme Court in the Plessy v Ferguson decision, was often used to provide legal basis for segregation
What is "Separate but equal"?
Name the THREE branches of government.
Congress, president, the courts / Legislative, executive, judicial
She is our building operator
Who is Donna?
This government agency, created to help Black Americans transition to freedom, lasted about a year. Andrew Johnson heavily opposed it.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Because the south wasn't seen as a legitimate country, this type of document was NOT used when drafting terms of surrender
What is a treaty?
Republicans in congress advocated for a stronger Federal government, while Democrats thought the opposite, thinking THIS would help the country move forward
What are states' rights?
How many amendments does the US Constitution have?
27
Sadly, this arts program ended last year -- possibly for good.
What is recording arts?