Constitutional Compromises & Civil War
This declared enslaved people in the rebelling states free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
A secret network of people, routes, & safe houses for escaped enslaved people
What is the Underground Railroad
This amendment abolished slavery, EXCEPT for criminal punishment
What is the 13th Amendment
What is the Great Migration
A 14-year-old boy from Chicago that gets brutaly kidnapped, tortured, and killed by a white woman's family, and whose open-casket funeral will shock the nation
Who is Emmett Till (1954)
This state was the first to leave the Union
What is South Carolina
Resulted in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and created conflict over the expansion of slavery in the Southwest
What is Mexican Cession
What is the 15th Amendment
A cultural and artistic movement that challenged racist stereotypes
What is the Harlem Renaissance
The event where Rosa Parks was arrested for protesting segregation, African Americans protested, MLK came on the scene, and SCOTUS would rule that segregation is unconstitutional due to this protest.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)
This counted 3 out of every 5 enslaved people for representation
Stated that African Americans were not citizens, enslaved people = property, Congress has no power to ban slavery, and established property rights > human rights
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
This amendment granted citizenship to all born/naturalized, including formerly enslaved people
What is the 14th Amendment
Consists of factory jobs, higher wages, hope for less racism, and WWI labor needs
What are pull factors
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
This early form of government established one branch of government, with one house being Congress, and established strong state governments with a weak federal government
What are the Articles of Confederation
Admitted CA as a free state and introduced popular sovereignty for the Utah and New Mexico territories
What is the Compromise of 1850
This Reconstruction Plan's goal was to extend all rights/privileges of citizenship to freed Black Americans & believed the Confederates should be punished
What is the Radical plan
What is De Jure
This was an early Supreme Court case that challenged segregation and established the "separate but equal" clause
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
This established our Congress as we know it today, with the House based on population and the Senate based on equal representation
What is the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Required all citizens to assist in escapee captures and denied enslaved people the right to a jury trial
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This gave Republicans the presidency IF they no longer supported Southern Republicans, built the Southern Transcontinental Railroad, and removed federal troops in the South, ending Reconstuction
What is the Corrupt Bargain of 1877
What is the Red Summer of 1919
The event where Alabama state troopers attacked marchers, hospitalizing 80 people
What is Bloody Sunday