Amendments and Laws
Which Amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
Which system trapped African Americans in debt?
Sharecropping
Who founded the National Women Suffrage Association?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Reconstruction brought changes to the relationship between what 2 institutions?
the federal government and the states
Which Amendment gave Black males the right to vote?
15th Amendment
What became the dominant form of farming in the South after Reconstruction?
tenant farming
What did the National Woman Suffrage Association want to do?
get all women the right to vote
Whose rights did the federal government seek to protect?
African Americans
Which Amendment granted citizenship to all African Americans?
14th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws institutionalized segregation in what areas?
education, public places, and transportation
Who was the first African American US Senator?
Hiram Revels
Which Amendment provided the foundation for the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
14th Amendment
Which court case upheld "separate but equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who maintained control of the South's economy after Reconstruction?
white Southerners
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau provide for the formerly enslaved people?
education, healthcare, and legal support
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 end?
literacy tests and poll taxes
Which court case ended segregation in schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
What were sharecroppers required to give to their landowners?
a portion of their crops to the landowners
What was the group that enforced white supremacy?
Ku Klux Klan
What 3 things did the Radical Republicans put in place to reshape the South?
military rule, civil rights protections, and opening opportunities