Reconstruction
Court case that ruled that free blacks could not sue in US courts because they were not citizens and declared that Congress had no power to declare slavery illegal
What is Scott v. Sandford?
The time period in which alcohol was illegal in the United States
What is Prohibition?
Current number of amendments to the Constitution
What is 27?
Set the precedent that a president would serve no more than two terms
Who is George Washington?
Exemptions for those with the right to vote prior to 1866-1867 and their descendants from educational, property, and tax requirements for voting
What were grandfather clauses?
Members of this movement blamed the consumption of alcohol for crime, disease, mental illness, and unemployment
What is the Temperance Movement?
The first nine African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
Nickname for the 20th amendment because it reduced the amount of time politicians who have lost their most recent election remained in office
What is the lame duck amendment?
When it was written in 1868, the 14th amendment did not apply to them
Who are the Native Americans?
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
Amendment that repealed the 18th amendment and ended Prohibition
What is the 21st amendment?
Decides the election if the electoral college does not reach a majority
What is Congress?
Three exceptions to the 13th amendment
What is jury duty, labor of convicted criminals, and service of drafted military?
Amendment that established that the people–rather than state legislators–would elect US senators
What is the 17th amendment?
Number of presidential terms FDR won
What is 4?
The vice president can assume the presidency if they agree that the president is not fit for office
Three ways black citizens were prevented from voting after the 15th amendment
What are poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses?
Three reasons the 18th amendment was repealed
What is:
1. Increase of organized crime during Prohibition
2. The economic hardship of the Great Depression
3. Corruption among judges, politicians, and police officers during Prohibition?
The year Native Americans were recognized as US citizens
When is 1924?
Protocol for a vacancy in the vice presidency
What is selection of a new vice president by the president and confirmation by a majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate?