Prohibited the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, also including literacy tests as a prerequisite for voting.
What is Voting Rights Act (1965)
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signed on July 4th 1776, is one of the most important documents in American history.
What is the declaration of independence
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the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
What is Bill of rights
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A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides
Compromise of 1850
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False!!
True or false? The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?
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Signed the Voting Rights Act...
who is Lyndon Johnson
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To be sure that the government was not too
powerful and that it would not abuse its power
Why was the Bill of Rights needed?
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A way to settle an argument, in which they give a little to get what they want.
What is a compromise?
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50,000
How many slaves were released by the proclamation?
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The way in which jurisdictions covered by Section 5 terminate their coverage.
What is "bail-Out"
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Necessary for the security of a free state
What is the purpose given in the fourth for allowing gun ownership?
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Maine
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed which state to join as a free state?
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Ab Lincoln did!
which president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?
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In NY, march 4th 1789
Where/when was the Congressional session held which the Bill of Rights was written?
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Missouri
The The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed which state to enter as a slave state?
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January 1, 1863
On what date did Lincoln issue the EP?
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It keeps you safe, in which the government can't search or take things from your house without warrant stating what they need, and why.
The sixth keeps people safe from what?
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That they could decided for themselves whether they wanted slavery or not!
Under the Compromise of 1850 the south got promise that Utah and New Mexico could...?