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Everything you should remember from Humanities 1
100
This time period in American History began after the Civil War ended (in 1865) and ended when the Freedman's Bureau was finally dismantled (1877).
RECONSTRUCTION ERA
100
This Amendment forever banned slavery in the U.S.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution
100
These laws were passed in many states in the South after slavery ended in order to keep Blacks controlled and limit their rights.
BLACK CODES
100
This war, which started when some southern states seceded, caused the most deaths in U.S. history as well as 500 million dollars of damage.
THE CIVIL WAR
200
This U.S. President wanted slavery to end and wanted to establish a government department that would help freed slaves get jobs, food, housing, education, and other resources.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
200
This government department was established in 1865 to help freed slaves find jobs, education, food, housing, etc.
THE FREEDMAN'S BUREAU
200
This word means "to fill with fear"
INTIMIDATE
200
This people group had their land and culture stolen from them throughout U.S. history.
AMERICAN INDIANS (NATIVE AMERICANS)
300
This U.S. President believed he needed to punish the south for seceding from the North. He didn't think it was the President's responsibility to help the freed slaves.
ANDREW JOHNSON
300
This change to the U.S. Constitution declared that all men in the U.S. could vote.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
300
This hate group was founded in 1865 in order to terrorize the Black community and limit their rights.
The KU KLUX KLAN
300
The Civil War began over these THREE issues.
SLAVERY, ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES, and STATES' RIGHTS.
400
This word refers to any person who used to be a slave and is now free.
FREEDMAN or FREEDWOMAN
400
This change to the Constitution declared that all people deserve equal protection under the laws.
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
400
Which institution is described by the following PRIMARY SOURCE quote? "The workers agree that for the rest of the year, they will live on this Plantation and devote their work to farming it for Mrs. Adele Allston. Also, the workers agree that they will live by the plantation rules and regulations that Mrs. Allston sets. For example, they will not keep any gun, pistol, or other weapon, or leave the plantation without permission from their employer."
SHARECROPPING
400
This American economic institution involved the forced labor of black people on cotton and tobacco plantations as well as in homes and on shipyards.
SLAVERY
500
In class we read an article about the end of reconstruction written by a teacher. We also looked at several photographs from the Library of Congress that depicted the damage of the Civil War. Explain which of these is a PRIMARY SOURCE and which is a SECONDARY SOURCE and why.
ARTICLE: Secondary Source (written later, about the topic). PHOTOS: Primary Source (from the time period)
500
Which 4 Amendments in the Bill of Rights are VIOLATED by the following scenario: A freedman is forbidden from gathering with other freedmen by the Black Codes. When they meet anyhow, in one of the freedmen's homes, a police officer barges in without a warrant and puts the freedman directly in prison for ten years without a trial.
AMENDMENT ONE - Right to Assemble, AMENDMENT FOUR - Search & Seizure, AMENDMENT SIX - Due Process, AMENDMENT EIGHT - Cruel & Unusual Punishment
500
Explain the following PRIMARY SOURCE excerpt: "I should expect in Louisiana, as in the whole southern country, that the withdrawal of the Freedmen’s Bureau would be followed by a condition of anarchy and bloodshed…I am pained at the conviction (belief) that I have in my own mind that if the Freedmen’s Bureau is withdrawn the result will be fearful in the extreme."
The writer is afraid that removing the Freedman's Bureau from the south will result in extreme violence.
500
This belief that God wanted the U.S. to expand coast to coast drove many pioneers and speculators to move west.
MANIFEST DESTINY
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