Civil War & Reconstruction
Limitations on rights such as
- poll taxes
- literacy tests
would most likely affect the intention of the 15th amendment in this way.
What is limit the rights of black men to vote?
A new invention that led to an increase in the population of slaves in the southern states.
What is the cotton gin?
John Locke's declaration of life, liberty, and property.
What are natural rights?
An act that was part of the Compromise of 1850, it caused rising resentment amongst many who opposed it because it meant the federal government was supporting an evil institution.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Thomas Jefferson acquired land that changed how we understand the powers of the President.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The election of the Hiram Rhodes Revels to congress in the state of Mississippi, is evidence of the positive effects of this amendment.
What is the 15th amendment?
The freedom to choose what to buy and who to trade with without government influence.
What is free enterprise?
The government not being allowed to establish churches for their populations to attend.
What is religious freedom?
The U.S. Supreme Court declares all slaves and black Americans, to be less than citizens. This meant they had no legal right to use the court system.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
Ideas of Thomas Paine as presented in "Common Sense" and "The Crisis", led to actions being taken.
What is the American Revolution?
The Freedman's Bureau helped those liberated by the 13th amendment in this way.
What is access to education?
The main reason for the advantages of the Union in the Civil War, including a larger population could be attributed to this.
What is industrilization?
Protection against the government compelling you to testify against yourself.
What is the 5th amendment?
Anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Conflict caused by increasing dissent between the states, mostly based on geography.
What is the Civil War?
Reminded the nation of the promises made in the Declaration of Independence (all men created equal) and declared that to be what the Union was fighting to accomplish.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The result of many relocating into condensed areas near their place of employment.
What is urbanization?
The protection against unwarranted government surveillance.
What is the 4th amendment?
This treaty ended a war but led to an increase in dissent among Americans over slavery and its expansion, soon leading to another war.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Those arguing against replacing the Articles of Confederation.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
An outspoken former slave who escaped and later became a well known abolitionist.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
A tax designed to increase sales of domestic goods.
What are protective tariffs?
Rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?
What are individual rights?
Should you want to reform the federal government in the late 1700s, you would have been a member of this group.
What are the Federalists?
When a small-scale conflict occurred after a local election resulted in two opposing governments.
What is Bleeding Kansas?