In March 1862, Congress tilted toward emancipating slaves when it

approved the Confiscation Act (which nullified the Fugitive Slave Act) and prohibited slavery in the territories.

In 1862, the Homestead Act

gave land-no more than 160 acres to avoid planters- in the West to settlers who would live and work on it.

"Sherman land and the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands

eased the transition of blacks from slaves to free people. They gave them food, clothes and sometimes land.

The overall point of the Civil Rights Act of 1866

was to protect African Americans' rights.

The 14th Amendment dealt with voting rights for blacks by

making them citizens and having the right to reduce Congressional representation in states that withheld some adult male suffrage.

As new constitutions were ratified in the South in the late 1860s, local and state Republican governments focused on

black education, civil rights and economic development.

When southern Republicans pleaded with Congress for federal protection from the racism and violence of the Ku Klux Klan, Congress

passed the Ku Klux Klan Act (in which no one could interfere with male voting rights) and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 (in which no racial discrimination in public transportation, juries, etc. was allowed).

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APUSH Ch. 15 & 16

Question	Answer
In March 1862, Congress tilted toward emancipating slaves when it	approved the Confiscation Act (which nullified the Fugitive Slave Act) and prohibited slavery in the territories.
Despite their ideological commitment to states' rights and limited government, Confederate leaders	had a draft
In 1862, the Homestead Act	gave land-no more than 160 acres to avoid planters- in the West to settlers who would live and work on it.
Members of Congress hoped Lincoln would not veto the Wade-Davis Bill because they wanted to	be harsher towards the South.
"Sherman land and the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands	eased the transition of blacks from slaves to free people. They gave them food, clothes and sometimes land.
The overall point of the Civil Rights Act of 1866	was to protect African Americans' rights.
The 14th Amendment dealt with voting rights for blacks by	making them citizens and having the right to reduce Congressional representation in states that withheld some adult male suffrage.
As new constitutions were ratified in the South in the late 1860s, local and state Republican governments focused on	black education, civil rights and economic development.
When southern Republicans pleaded with Congress for federal protection from the racism and violence of the Ku Klux Klan, Congress	passed the Ku Klux Klan Act (in which no one could interfere with male voting rights) and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 (in which no racial discrimination in public transportation, juries, etc. was allowed).

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