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Lincoln/Civil War2
Question | Answer |
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What did segregation laws caused to the African American communities? It segregated: | Schools, Restaurants, Jobs, & Other Places |
What kind of laws were created by White politicians? | Jim Crow Laws |
By changing the southern state laws, what did it cause between the white and African American people in the south? | It caused segregation |
Because the Union soldiers left, what did the southern politicians do in the southern states? | Many white southern democrats took back government jobs |
What happened in the southern state in 1877? | All the Union soldiers left the southern states |
Who was against the 14th Amendment and what happened to that person? | President Johnson opposed the 14th Amendment & Johnson got impeached trying to stop the 14th Amendment |
Who were upset with the 15th Amendment and why? | Women and because it didn’t let women vote in elections |
What did the 15th Amendment do for African Americans? | It gave all male citizens the right to vote |
What did the 14th Amendment do for African Americans? | Citizenship for all African American people and no state could deny equal protection of the law |
The did the KKK did to the African American community? | Destroyed schools, Homes, & Town businesses |
The southern states didn’t like it helping African Americans, what organization did they formed to stop the Freeman’s Bureau? | The Ku Klux Klan |
How did the Freedman’s Bureau helped the African Americans in the southern state? | Hospital, Schools, & Town Businesses |
What was the name of the “Reconstruction” bill? | The Freedmen’s Bureau |
When did congress pass the first “Reconstruction” bill to the southern states? | 1867 |
What was the 2nd plan to Reconstruction? | Readmitted the Southern States back into the Union |
What was the 13 Amendment? | It abolished slavery on December 18, 1865 |
What was the first step to the reconstruction of the southern states? | The 13th Amendment |
Who became the next president of the U.S.A.? | Andrew Johnson |
What person assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865? | John Wilkes Booth |
During the Civil War, who were fighting who during this war? | Northern States (Union) & Southern States (Confederate) |
What you’re the main reasons why the Northern and Southern states fought a Civil War? | (A) Southern States wanting to start their own country. (B) To end slavery once and for all in the United States. |
What side won the Civil War? | The Northern states (Union) |
What presidential speech was given by Abraham Lincoln that honored the fallen Union & Confederate soldiers? | “Gettysburg Address” |
What was the main point of the Gettysburg Address speech? | It honored all the fallen soldiers |
Where did the Confederate army finally declared surrender to the Union army for the Civil War? | Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia |
Which generals declared surrender and accept surrender from the opposed side? | General Lee’s surrendered (South) to General Grant (North) |
Who was the president of the U.S. during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln |
In what year did Abraham Lincoln defeat Stephen Douglas for the Presidential election? | 1860 |
What was the system of routes and safe houses that were used by runaway slave for freedom? | The Underground Railroad |
Who were two famous Underground Railroad conductors that helped freed slave to the Northern States or Canada? | Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Tugman |
About how many slaves used the Underground Railroad to escape to the northern states or Canada? | Between 40,000 to 100,000 slaves |
What is known as laws designed to control the behavior of slaves in the South? | Slave Codes |