Political
Which amendment gave citizenship and full Constitutional rights to freed slaves?
The 14th Amendment
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Series of rigid anti-black laws that create a caste-system, where black people are considered 2nd class/sub-human.
(partial credit for: laws of seperation/etiquette)
What/Who is a scallawag?
A southerner who supports reconstruction/voted for a Republican.
What has been on earth longer? Sharks or Tress?
Sharks!
Sharks have been on Earth for about 450 million years. Trees didn't evolve until about 350 million years ago.
Who established the Pennsylvania Colony?
The quakers
What ended the Reconstruction Era?
The Compromise of 1877
What is sharecropping?
Sharecropping allows one to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop, rather than normal currency. This is very similar to slavery as a system, even though slavery is no longer legal in the states.
Who replaces President Andrew Johnson after his impeachment?
Ulysses S. Grant
True or False. Martin Luther King and Anne Frank are the same age (if they were alive).
True! They were both born in 1929!
Which of the three branches of government has the power to declare war?
a. Executive
b. Legislative
c. Joint Chiefs of Staff
d. Judicial
Amnesty/forgiveness toward the rebels. We don't want to punish the South too harshly, for we will eventually need to work with them again as one Union.
Who held the power in Congress at the start of the Reconstruction Era?
Radical Republicans/Radical Unionists
Why would a carpetbagger want to emigrate to the South? (be specific)
To make money, specifically by holding office in the south, making all government positions full of Radical Republicans.
Barack Obama
The 3/5th Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 tells us what?
a. The votes of 3/5 of the southern states would be needed to pass any legislation affecting representation or taxation.
b. The votes of three free men were equal to those of five slaves.
c. The votes of 3/5th of the southern states would be needed to pass any federal legislation affecting slavery.
d. In terms of population, 5 slaves were equivalent to 3 freemen
d. In terms of population, 5 slaves were equivalent to 3 freemen
The 15th amendment to the Constitution prohibits state governments from:
a. denying someone the right to vote based on gender
b. seceding from the union and starting another civil war
c. continuing to practice slavery
d. denying someone the right to vote based on race
d. denying someone the right to vote based on race
What was the primary goal of the Freedman’s Bureau?
A Federal aid agency created to help former slaves gain access to schools, paying jobs, food, and housing.
The Radical Republicans impeached President Andrew Johnson, because he…
Continued to veto Congress’ attempts at creating Reconstruction Laws
What is considered the oldest civilization in the world?
Ancient Mesopotamia
The first part of the Monroe Doctrine tells European Powers:
a. To come to our aid in war.
b. To help maintain world peace.
c. They should not claim colonies in the Americas.
d. The U.S. will not interfere in their affairs.
c. They should not claim colonies in the Americas
What would the Radical Republicans Reconstruction plan enforce in the United States? (3 possible answers)
1. punish the south harshly
2. guarantees civil rights to freedman/former slaves
3. union soldiers will remain stationed in the south
Name 2 specific restrictions created by the Black Codes.
Vagrancy Laws (would police black people if they were thought to not have a job, although jobs available to them were limited as well), Work contracts (long inescapable contracts for low paying dangerous jobs), Restriction on travel (limits on where people of color could move/live), Removal of children (children thought to be in “unfit” house holds could be removed from your care and sold to labor forces), Limited civil freedom (cannot inter-marry, carry firearms, own property, testifying in court against white people, serving on a jury, etc.)
Who was the first African American to be voted into office? (Hint: he was the first black senator)
Hiram Revels
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? (Hint: Think about the ninja turtles)
Michelangelo
How were disputes between large and small states over how power should be shared in the federal government resolved at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
a. The Great Compromise: Set the structure of the federal legislative branch
b. The Great Compromise: Divided federal authority among multiple branches
c. Three-Fifths Compromise: Divided federal authority among multiple branches
d. Three-Fifths Compromise: Set the structure of the federal legislative branch
a. The Great Compromise: Set the structure of the federal legislative branch