Robideaux 6 10Th Grade

Front 1

What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?

Back 1

It granted black men the right to vote

Front 2

Unlike the South, the North in 1860

Back 2

was becoming a thriving industrial society

Front 3

In the Dred Scott V. Sanford court case, what did the Supreme Court decide?

Back 3

African Americans were property and inferior, therefore they were not citizens.

Front 4

At the beginning, President Lincoln said that the Civil War was being fought to

Back 4

preserve the Union.

Front 5

What is a statement that would probably be made by a southerner?

Back 5

"Let the states agree to separate and part in peace."

Front 6

The Dred Scott decision protectedf the rights of

Back 6

slave owners

Front 7

White southerners began to enact laws under Johnson's Reconstruction plan that

Back 7

restricted the rights of African Americans

Front 8

The southern viewpoint on the issue of slavery was upheld by the Dred Scott decision. It said

Back 8

Congress could not pass a law depriving territorial residents of their property.

Front 9

What did the Fourteenth Amendment state?

Back 9

It established legal black codes to protect freeman's rights

Front 10

During Reconstruction, the goal of the Ku Klux Klan was

Back 10

to intimidate African Americans

Front 11

Robideaux 10
Chapter 6

Back 11

cut apart and study

Front 12

Why did the Dred Scott decision anger northerners?

Back 12

It allowd slavery in all territories

Front 13

Black Codes were used to

Back 13

intimidate African Americans so southerners could keep control

Front 14

What was the legal principle established by the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

Back 14

Separate but equal

Front 15

During the post Civil War Era, Jim Crow laws were put in place by state and local governments as an attempt

Back 15

to restrict the freedoms of African Americans and Native American Indians

Front 16

If the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, why was the 14th Amendment ncessary?

Back 16

It granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States, including former slaves, and guarenteed right of citizens.

Front 17

"Although important strides were made, Reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarentees of the civil rights of freedmen." What is evidence of this?

Back 17

passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century.

Front 18

The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), provided for

Back 18

separate public facilities based on race.

Front 19

The 18th amendment provided that no "state (shal) deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws." A direct result of this amendment was that

Back 19

the guarentees of the Bill of Right were applied to state actions

Front 20

The Jim Crow legal system, which expanded in the South after Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), was based on the Supreme Court's interpretation of the

Back 20

states' rights provision of the 10th Amendment

Front 21

Even after the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because

Back 21

Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.

Front 22

After Reconstruction ended in 1877, how were many African Americans in the South affected?

Back 22

Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on their rights.

Front 23

The actions of the Ku Klux Klan, the poll tax, and the literacy test, were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of

Back 23

the 14th and 15th amendments

Front 24

How were many African Americans in the South affected after Reconstruction ended in 1877?

Back 24

Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on their rights.

Front 25

During Reconstruction, the 14th and 15th Amendments were passed resulting in

Back 25

increased individual rights for African Americans

Front 26

Southern states attempted to limit the impact of constitutional amendments passed during the Reconstruction Era by

Back 26

passing Jim Crow laws

Front 27

The Black Codes passed by Southern states during Reconstruction, were attempts to

Back 27

deny equal rights to African Americans

Front 28

The right to vote was guarenteed to blacks by the Fifteenth Amendment- T/F

Back 28

True

Front 29

The south had some advantages during the war such as more railroads and more population-T/F

Back 29

False

Front 30

African Americans were kept in debt during and after Reconstrction through share cropping and tenant farming T/F

Back 30

True

Front 31

The 13th amendment abolished slavery T/F

Back 31

True

Front 32

The Ku Klux Klan was formed by many Cnfederate officers T/F

Back 32

True

Front 33

The 14th Amendment defined citizenship T/F

Back 33

True

Front 34

The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that claimed to be an organization of "Chivalry, humanity, mercy, and patriotism," but actually was designed to maintain white supremacy. T/F

Back 34

True

Front 35

What was another name for the Black Codes?

Back 35

Jim Crow Laws

Front 36

What were the laws that were enacted to restrict the rights of the freed people?

Back 36

Jim Crow Laws

Front 37

What group kept African Americans from voting or asserting rights through the use of violence and fear tactics?

Back 37

Ku Klux Klan

Front 38

Period in U.S. history in which the nation tries to adjust to the new conditions created by the Civil War.

Back 38

Reconstruction

Front 39

What are two advantages the North had over the South before 1860?

Back 39

more factories/industry
more railroads
more population/ larger cities
more communication/telegraph wires

Front 40

Explain why life for some African Americans did not change in the South?

Back 40

southerners wanted to keep control over African Americans and limit their right so they enacted the black codes, Jim Crow laws and founded the Ku Klux Klan

Front 41

Give two examples of Jim Crow laws and explain how they discriminated against African Americans

Back 41

poll tax
literacy test
separate facilities based on race
restricted voting rights and access to equal facilities

Front 42

What bureau provided food, clothing and education to former slaves

Back 42

Fredmen's Bureau