Amendments
This Amendment "abolished slavery" throughout the United States.
What is the "13th Amendment?"
This group of people used "violence" to intimidate African Americans in the south.
Who are the "KKK?"
This person was the President during the Civil War, but was assassinated shortly after starting Reconstruction in the south.
Who is "Abraham Lincoln?"
A _______ was the name given to a "formerly enslaved person."
What is a "Freedmen?"
This war was fought between the Union and the Confederacy in the 1860s.
What is the "Civil War?"
This Amendment granted all men, no matter the color, the right to vote.
What is the "15th Amendment?"
The segregation laws in the South are called ______ laws.
What are "Jim Crow Laws?"
This person was a former slave that led the fight for equality for African Americans.
Who is "Frederick Douglass?"
The way a person is remembered for their actions, ideas, or contributions is called a(n) _________.
What is a "legacy?"
Abraham Lincoln was known for giving this speech about the meaning of American democracy and equality in 1863.
What is the "Gettysburg Address?"
This group of people were still "not" allowed to vote after the 15th Amendment.
Who are "'women?"
Jim Crow laws in the South made "colored" and "white" people use/go to different facilities. What are THREE examples.
1) Schools
2) Restrooms
3) Movie Theatres
4) Churches
5) Beaches
6) Sections of a bus/train
7) etc.
Hiram Revels was the first black ________ of the United States.
What is a "senator?"
The rebuilding of the south after the Civil War was known as _________.
What is "Reconstruction?"
Federal _______ were sent to the south in order to enforce the new Reconstruction laws.
What are "troops?"
This Amendment granted "citizenship to all persons born in the US" and gave them "equal protection under the law."
What is the "14th Amendment?"
Jim Crow laws oftentimes used this phrase to justify what they were doing in the south.
What is "Separate but equal?"
W. E. B. Du Bois is known for being the co-founder of this organization.
What is the "NAACP?"
This bureau was created to help newly freed African Americans get homes, jobs, and education.
What is the "Freedmen's Bureau?"
What was happening on the west side of the United States during the time of Reconstruction in the 1800s?
What is "Westward Expansion?"
A change in the words or meaning of a law or document is called a(n) __________.
What is an "Amendment?"
Before the 14th Amendment made them illegal, southern states adopted ________ to limit the freedom of former slaves.
What are "Black Codes?"
This person was a union general during the Civil War, and eventually became a two-term President during Reconstruction.
Who is "Ulysses S. Grant?"
__________ is the word for separating people based on race or religion.
What is "segregation?"
Reconstruction ended after the Compromise of ______.
What is "1877?"