Constitutional Amendments
THIS amendment outlawed slavery.
This war-time document issued by Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in the rebelling states. He wanted freed slaves to fight for the Union army during the Civil War.
What is the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
Radical Republicans did THIS for Reconstruction (choose from: support Reconstruction or oppose reconstruction)
What is SUPPORT reconstruction?
During Reconstruction, Southern states passed THESE that limited the rights of Freedman. These laws were put in place BEFORE the 14th and 15 amendment.
What are BLACK CODES?
THIS is the derogatory term for Northerners who moved to the south after the Civil War.
THIS amendment said that all persons born or naturalized in the United States....are citizens of the United States...
What is the 14th Amendment?
Southerners were worried abolitionists would do THIS.
What is end slavery?
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 meant that the South would be divided into military districts, southern states would have to pass the 14th Amendment, and WHAT ELSE? (choose from:
- Freedman would receive their own land
- Freedman would be relocated to the north
- southern states would have to grant freedman the right to vote
What is SOUTHERN STATES WOULD HAVE TO GRANT FREEDMAN THE RIGHT TO VOTE
These laws enforced segregation in all public facilities in the south.
What were JIM CROW laws?
THIS is the term for white Southerners who cooperated politically with black freedman and Northern newcomers.
Who were SCALAWAGS?
THIS amendment stated "The right of citizens of the U.S. to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 15th Amendment?
"Bleeding Kansas" referred to clashes and riots between THESE two groups.
Who were PRO AND ANTISLAVERY groups?
What is REMAIN ECONOMICALLY DEPENDENT?
THIS decade finally saw the end of Jim Crow laws.
Choose from: 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
What is the 1960s?
From the 1880s through the 1920s, race relations were at a low point. THIS is a term meaning "low point".
What is NADIR?
What is the 14th Amendment?
South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860 as a direct result of THIS.
What is the election of 1860 (Lincoln winning)
THIS organization was created to provide aid and education to emancipated slaves.
What is the FREEDMAN'S BUREAU?
African Americans had to pass literacy tests and pay THESE in order to vote. NOTE: Some poor white farmers ALSO had to pass literacy tests.
What are POLL TAXES?
THIS was the social and economic impact of Black codes and Nadir on African Americans.
What is continued racism and discrimination, which was like second-class citizenship?
The 14th Amendment was proposed as a response to what (HINT: these were passed all over the south).
The admission of California to the Union cased leaders to create a new compromise (the Compromise of 1850) which did THIS.
What is PROVIDED A SOLUTION TO THE SLAVERY QUESTION in Western states (formerly Spanish territory)
THIS man was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate.
Section 1: It shall be a penal offense for any individual, body of individuals, corporation or association to conduct within this State any school of any grade, public, private or parochial wherein WHITE persons and NEGROES shall be instructed or boarded within the same building, or taught in the same class...
The Florida law above showed that African American children received THIS (choose from more resources, fewer resources, free public school, free private school).
What is FEWER resources?
THIS man was depicted in the infamous political cartoon about carpetbaggers where he is shown walking towards the south.
Who was CHARLES SCHURZ?