Constitutional Amendments
What is a freedom listed in the 1st Amendment?
The freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, or freedom of petition
What were the Reconstruction Amendments?
13, 14, 15
What is an example of a Jim Crow (segregation) law?
Separate Car Act, a ban on interracial marriage, segregated school/libraries/water fountains/buses/trains, etc
What was the name of the secret network that helped free enslaved people?
The Underground Railroad
How many seats (spots) are there in the Senate?
100
What are the first 10 Amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
What was the system of farming in the south where a person rents farmland and in addition is required to give a portion of the year's crops to the landowner?
Sharecropping
True or False: Jim Crow (segregation) Laws only existed in southern states.
False
Who led the Massachusetts 54th?
Colonel Robert Shaw
How old does someone need to be in order to be eligible to be President?
35 years old
In Plessy v. Ferguson, which amendment(s) did Plessy's lawyers argue that the Separate car act was violating?
The 13th and 14th Amendments
What is an example of something the Freedmen's Bureau provided for African Americans?
Support with housing and food, finding a job, medical care, education, legal assistance
Who deliberately (on purpose) broke a segregation law in the 1890s so he could start a case with the Supreme Court to try to end segregation laws?
Homer Plessey
Who became the President after Lincoln’s assassination?
Andrew Johnson
How many seats (spots) are there in the House of Representatives?
435
How many Constitutional Amendments are there currently?
27
When did Reconstruction start and end?
1865 (end of the Civil War) - 1877 (Rutherford B Hayes Presidency)
What was the law that prevented a man from voting if his grandfather had not been eligible (allowed) to vote?
The Grandfather Clause
Which state was the first to secede from the Union before the Civil War?
South Carolina
How many Justices (judges) are there in the Supreme Court?
9
What year was the most recent Constitutional Amendment ratified?
1992
True or False: Almost all sharecroppers (farmers) were African American.
False
Because of segregation laws and voting barriers, what percent of African American men in Louisiana who should have been eligible to vote were actually registered to vote by 1914?
About 1%
When was the Battle of Gettysburg?
1-3 July, 1865
RANDOM REVIEW: What battle is considered the last major battle of the American Revolution?
The Battle of Yorktown