Amendments
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
Universal male suffrage or the right to vote was established by which amendment?
15th amendment
What form of transportation was MOST important to the development west of the Mississippi River during the 19th century?
railroads
Which amendment granted citizenship to ALL people born in the U.S.?
14th
After the Civil War, the Radical Republicans wanted to control what happened in Reconstruction because they were afraid the South and President wouldn't uphold which amendments when it came to freedmen?
All 3..... 13th, 14th, and 15th
Andrew Johnson becoming President after Lincoln's assassination happened during which era?
Reconstruction Era
Which amendment gave all males the right to vote, regardless of race?
15th
1st amendment = Freedom of Religion
13th amendment = _________________
Abolished / prohibited slavery
Southerners avoided obeying the federal laws during Reconstruction in all of the following ways except which one?
- Forming the KKK
- Becoming a carpetbagger
- Enacting Jim Crow Laws
- Enacting Black Codes
Becoming a carpetbagger
A result of the _______ amendment was that African Americans in the South could now move elsewhere if they wished.
13th
Without the 14th amendment, former slaves wouldn't be able to become ______________.
Citizens
Keeping former slaves in debt to plantation owners was part of what new system?
Sharecropping
In order to ensure that the government guaranteed equal protection of the law to ALL citizens, Radical Republicans required Southern states to ratify the _____ amendment as a condition of reentering the Union.
14th
The election of the first African American senator, Hiram Rhodes Revels, occurred as a result of which amendment?
15th
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve as a member of the _______________.
U.S. Senate