13th amendment
What did the 13th amendment do?
It abolished slavery in the U.S.
What did the 14th and 15th amendment do?
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to everyone born in the U.S including slaves and the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
What did the Homestead act do?
It helped economic growth and provided 160 acres of land to anyone who agreed to farm land.
What did the Morrill Land grant do?
It created colleges to benefit the agriculture and mechanical arts.
What did the Pacific railway act do?
Assisted men in developing the nations first transcontinental rail line.
Who passed and implemented the 13th amendment?
The Senate passed it on April 8, 1864 and on February 1, 1865 approved of the 13th amendment.
Who passed and implemented the 14th and 15th law?
The Republicans in Congress passed both laws.
Who passed and implemented the Homestead Act?
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862.
Who passed and implemented the Morrill Land Grant?
Abraham Lincoln signed the law on July 2, 1862.
Who passed and implemented the pacific railway act?
The Pacific Railway Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862.
What actually happened when the 13th amendment was passed and what were unforeseen outcomes?
More laws were made to force african american's to continue to do labor like the Jim Crow Laws. This still made african americans treated poorly.
What actually happened when the 14th and 15th amendment were passed and what were unforeseen outcomes?
It allowed all men the right to vote. It gave more rights to former enslaved people.
What actually happened when the Homestead act was passed and what were unforeseen outcomes?
The government had never gave that much land for free and farmers were able to plant more different crops.
What actually happened when the Morrill Grant Land was passed and what were unforeseen outcomes?
It gave farmers and working people to get higher educations from the colleges established. There were 106 institutions, which gave us the higher education we have today.
What actually happened when the pacific railway act was passed and what were unforeseen outcomes?
It promoted the building of the railroad and aided with the construction. They had many construction problems, such as mountains and Native Americans, but the eventually successfully made the railway thanks to this act.
Who was for and against the 13th amendment?
Anyone who didn't support slavery like the senators, Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, and John Henderson of Missouri. Democrats in the House of Representatives opposed the amendment because most were pro slavery.
Who was for and against the 14th and 15th amendment?
Many activists supported the amendments because they wanted african americans to have more rights. President Johnson and the southern states opposed the 14th amendment. Southerns and Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton opposed the 15th amendment.
Who was for and against the Homestead Act?
Republicans supported this act, but southerners opposed this act because they didn't want antislavery people settling in the territories.
Who was for and against the Morrill Land Grant?
Vermont Congressman Justin Smith Morrill proposed the idea and congress was for it, but southerns were against it and James Buchanan vetoed it.
Who was for and against the pacific railway act?
The congress, such as Senator Jefferson Davis supported this act, but some people argued that the government was just giving away land and money to help businessmen increase their fortunes.
How did the 13th amendment impact the nation as a whole?
It ended slavery, but didn't end discrimination against african americans. People still treated the former slaves badly.
How did the 14th and 15th amendment impact the nation as a whole?
These amendments gave african americans rights and protection of citizenship. This allowed them to do more things they couldn't before.
How did the Homestead act impact the nation as a whole?
This act had encouraged western migration because the government was giving land in the west that allowed the discovery of different crops.
How did the Morrill Land Grant impact the nation as a whole?
It created many universities and introduced the concept of public college education in America.
How did the Pacific railway act impact the nation as a whole?
It led to a successful construction of the transcontinental railroad, which made travel time lower.