Political Parties
Believed in restricting immigration
Who are the Know-Nothings
The fiery abolitionist who died a martyr in the North and a murderer in the South - increasing hatred
Who is John Brown?
This Supreme Court case established the idea of "separate but equal" and gave Southern states justification for the passage of Jim Crow laws.
What is Plessy v Furgeson?
Believed that the western territories should not allow slavery so that free white labor would not have to compete with it.
Who are the Free Soilers
The fiery abolitionist who died a martyr in the North and a murderer in the South - increasing hatred
Who is John Brown?
This Supreme Court case stated that most Civil Rights (including those involving business and property) were ruled to be state, rather than federal, rights and therefore not protected by the 14th amendment.
The Slaughterhouse Cases
Strongly favored the impeachment of Andrew Johnson and governing the South by military union generals.
The Radical Republicans
Who was Andrew Johnson?
These Northern and Western victories turned the tide of the war for the Union.
What is Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
This Supreme Court Case state that the 15th amendment does not guarantee a citizen the right to vote, it just prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or religion. Ultimately stripping the federal government of its ability to protect voting rights.
What is U.S. vs Reese?
Freedmen in the South would most likely support this political party.
Who were the Republicans?
He was a Radical Republican that believed in protecting the rights of Freedmen. Strongly influenced the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
Political Party grew as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the Republican Party?
This Civil War event makes evident the continuity of economic inequality and class warfare. Gave rise to the idea that this was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight.
What are the Draft Riots in NYC?
Passed to combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans from state officials or violent groups like the KKK
What are the Force Acts?
This Supreme Court Decision stated that the 14th amendment applied to the actions of states, not to the actions of individuals, stripping the federal government of its ability to protect Freedmen in the south from being harassed by white citizens.
What is U.S. vs CruikShank?
This political party was ultimately split over the Kansas Nebraska act and the ongoing disputes over slavery.
Who were the Whigs?
This was signed when Commodore Mathew Perry returned to Japan in 1854 with a larger military fleet to “encourage” Japan to open up trade with the U.S.
Kanagawa Treaty
This was a Post-secession attempt to prevent a Civil War by offering constitutional protection of slavery, it was ultimately denied.
What is the Crittenden Compromise?
These are some of the first acts passed during the Civil War that began to show the Union's changing stance on slavery.
What are the Confiscation Acts?
The two major components of the Compromise of 1876
South will recognize Haye's as the president, the south must be demilitarized.
The United States Supreme Court ruled this act to be unconstitutional because neither the 13th or 14th amendments empowered Congress to pass laws that prohibited racial discrimination in the private sector.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1875?