Presidents
Motivated by a desire to win the Civil War more than a desire to end slavery, Lincoln signed this to take effect on January 1, 1863.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1854 territorial acquition allowed for a better railroad route through the American SouthWest.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Enraged by Lincoln's election this state was the first to secede from the union.
What is South Carolina?
This asserted that all people in America deserve equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
He was the first president to be impeached.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Don't make this mistake on the quiz. This did not give blacks the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Elected after Andrew Johnson, he ushered in Radical Reconstruction.
Who was Ulysses Grant?
This system of legal segregation began in the late 19th century.
What is Jim Crow?
In exchange for conceding the presidency in 1876, Congressional Democrats demanded that the Republicans end this.
What is Reconstruction?
The Supreme Court held in this case the separate but equal accommodations are consistent with the equal protection clause of the consitutiton.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?