Amendments
This amendment bans slavery in the US & any of its territories
What is the 13th amendment?
During Reconstruction, African Americans were able to do this for the first time.
What is vote or hold public office?
This president wanted to not punish the South and bring the nation back together through reconciliation and peace.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This was discovered in California and led to many settlers moving west-
What is gold?
Abolitionists were a group of people who wanted this
What is slavery to end/be abolished?
All persons born in the US are citizens. This right was granted under which amendment?
What is the 14th amendment?
These laws were passed by southern states to prevent blacks from having full freedom.
What are Black Codes?
This former slave fought for black voting rights and was a strong voice for human rights and civil liberties.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This exploring duo was famous for exploring the Louisiana Purchase.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This document declared our independence from Great Britain
This amendment grants citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
What is the 15th amendment?
This group supervised the South during Reconstruction
Who are federal troops?
This former Confederate general wanted Southerners to reconcile with the North when some wanted to continue fighting.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This new invention increased the need for slave labor cultivating a popular crop grown in the South?
What is the cotton gin?
This general was the leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
These 3 amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
This organization established by Congress to help former slaves with education and jobs
Who are the Freedmen's Bureau?
This is the name for Northerners who took advantage of Southerners during Reconstruction.
Who are carpetbaggers?
This belief was popular amongst white Americans during Westward Expansion because they believed it was meant to be to take over and settle the land in the west.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Name the five Native American tribes who lived in North America before the Europeans arrived.
What is Inuit, Kwakiutl, Lakota, Pueblo, and Iroquois?
Throwback: This is the name of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Federal troops were authorized to enforce equal rights of African Americans under this law
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
This ended Reconstruction and caused the federal troops to leave the south.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This was the name given for the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma
What is the Trail of Tears?
This compromise counted slaves as part of the state's population-
What is the 3/5 Compromise?