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What was the Underground Railroad?
A system of secret routes that helped enslaved people escape.
What does suffrage mean?
The right to vote
What was the main purpose of the Women's suffrage movement?
For women to have the right to vote.
Where were free states mostly located?
In the North.
What did the Jim Crow laws do?
Made it hard for African Americans to vote, go to school, or use public facilities.(ETC)
What was the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
First major women's rights gathering.
What is Reconstruction?
The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt.
Where were slave states mostly located?
In the South.
What did the 19th amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote.
What was the main purpose of segregation?
To separate black people and white people from each other.
What is Segregation?
Separation between of people based on their race.
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolished Slavery.
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
Kept balance between free and slave states
What type of gender mainly fought for the Women's Suffrage movement?
Women.
What was an Abolitionists?
A person who wanted to end slavery.
What was the main goal of Abolitionists?
To end slavery.
What are the Jim Crow laws?
Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South.
What does Emancipation mean?
The act of setting someone free.
What did the 15th amendment do?
Gave African American men the right to vote.
What year was the 19th amendment?
1920.
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
Helped former slaves with education, housing, and jobs.
What did the 14th amendment do?
Gave citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What were Black Codes?
Laws that restricted African American's rights after the Civil War.
What were Free States?
States that didn't allow slavery.
What were Slave States?
States that allowed slavery.