Progress
Were enslaved people allowed to be legally married before Reconstruction?
No
What was the system of farming on credit (owing a debt) called?
Sharecropping
How many days after the Civil War ended was Lincoln assassinated?
5 (+ or - 1)
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Ended slavery
What did Ida B. Wells investigate and report about as a journalist?
KKK lynchings and violence
What is the term for when enslaved people freed themselves?
Self-emancipation
What laws during Reconstruction made it easier to arrest Black people and force them into convict leasing?
What year did the Civil War end?
1865
What was the "loophole" in the 13th Amendment?
Slavery is still allowed as punishment for a crime
What course was first taught at a girl's school led by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown?
African American History
What was the first HBCU in the country?
Cheyney University
Name one NON-BLACK group of people targeted by the KKK
Immigrants, Latinx, Catholics, Jews, doctors who performed abortions, women who got abortions, teachers who taught about evolution, LGBTQ+ people
What did Union General Sherman promise formerly enslaved people in his famous "Field Order"?
40 acres and a mule
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Citizenship and equal protection under the law for all people born in the US
What month includes both Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass' birthdays?
February (Black History Month)
What percentage of Black doctors graduate from HBCUs?
80%
How much collective money of Black people was lost when the Freedman's Bank collapsed?
$3 million
How many years did Reconstruction last?
12 (1865-1877)
What amendment gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race or color?
The 15th Amendment
What was Susan B. Anthony known for?
Fighting for women's suffrage (voting rights)
What state elected the only majority-Black legislature during Reconstruction?
South Carolina
What event marked the end of Reconstruction?
This withdraw of Federal troops from the South to protect Black people
When did the KKK start?
December 24, 1865
Who created the legislation for the 13th Amendment?
Senator Charles Sumner
Who was the first Black man elected to the US Senate?
Hiram Revels