Historical Figures
First African American Senator to serve in Congress
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Abolished Slavery
13th Amd
1862- Any citizen can occupy 160 acres of land as long as they "improve" that land like build a home or plant crops
Homestead Act
Refers to the period AFTER the Civil War especially in the South
The Reconstruction Era
Northerners who went South
Carpetbaggers
Southerners who sided with the North and were considered traitors
Scalawags
Granted Citizenship to former slaves but DID NOT apply to women and native Americans
14th Amd
1862- Land used to build Colleges
Morrill Act
Millions of former slaves that are now Free! They were called
Freemen
1803- Court Case that gave us Judicial Review
Marbury VS Madison
Former plantation owners provided livestock, tools and land to former slaves in exchange for a share of the crop
sharecropping
Universal male suffrage
15th Amd
1887- This act divided reservation land to 160 acres of farmland for native Americans
Dawes Act
This agency helped free men with food, clothing, medical care and helped displaced slaves find a place to live
Freedmens Bureau
1819- Court Case a state tried to tax the federal bank. Also gave us the National bank
McCulloch VS Maryland
Elected in 1876 and removed troops from the South Ending Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hays
5th Amd (DDI)
Due Process, Double Jeopardy and I plead the 5th
An act that guaranteed freedmen rights
Civil Rights Act
Southern LAW that made it illegal for free men to vote, hold office and serve on juries
"Black Codes"
1824- Only the Federal Gov can regulate trade between the states
Gibbons VS Ogden
Wrote "Leaves of Grass"
Walt Whitman
Amd 6 (Gone in 60 sec)
Speedy trial and Representation
A group of Northern Congressmen who wanted freemen to be granted full political equality
Radical Republicans
A group who uses intimidation and violence to get their way.
Ku Klux Klan
1857- Court Case that said African Americans were not citizens but property
Dread Scott VS Sandford