MK's Social Studies SOL
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stephevers1227 on May 23, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What did the 13th Amendment do? | Slavery is outlawed in the united states |
| What did the 14th amendment do? | Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law |
| What did the 15th amendment do? | African american males were given the right to vote |
| which amendments guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens | 13, 14, 15 |
| Southern military leaders were not allowed to do what after the civil war? | hold office |
| What were some of the problems caused by reconstruction policies in the south? | Some northern carpetbaggers took advantage of southerners, southerners resented northern carpetbaggers and soldiers and not liking southern AA holding office |
| Who supervised the south during reconstruction? | soldiers |
| What gave federal troops the authorization to enforce equal rights of african americans? | Civil Rights Act of 1866 |
| After the civil war, what organization was created to help former slaves in the south? | Freedmen's Bureau |
| What were the reconstruction policies | southern military leaders could not hold office, african americans could hold public office, northern soldiers had to supervise the south, freedman's bureau was established to aid former slaves |
| how did reconstruction end? | it ended in 1877 as a result of compromise over the outcome of the election 1876, federal troops were removed from the south, rights that african americans had gained were lost through Jim Crow laws |
| carpetbaggers | norhterners that moved to the south to help former slaves and/or make a profit |
| civil rights act of 1866 | granted african americans the same legal rights as white americans. It also authorized the use of soldiers to enforce the law |
| KKK (Klu Klux Klan) | organization that terrorized african americans. the used violence and intimidation to prevent african americans from exercising their civil rights |
| scalawags | southern democrats called southern republicans this name which means "mean fellow". The felt these southerners had betrayed the south by voting for republican candidates and ideas |
| segregation | means to separate |
| Frederick Douglass | During Reconstruction, he wanted a constitutional amendment guaranteeing voting rights for former slaves. |
| Robert E Lee | After the Civil War, he encouraged his fellow southerners to reconcile with the North and stop fighting. He became the president of Washington College (presently named Washington and Lee) |
| Abraham Lincoln | He felt reconciliation and preserving the union was more important than punishing the south. He created a reconstruction plan to unite the country. |
| Sod Houses | homes were made from packed dirt due to lack of trees |
| dry farming | grew crops that were less dependent on rain and plowed deeper (like wheat) |
| transcontinental railroad | railroad line that united the west coast with omaha, nebraska. It made it faster and easier to travel from part of the country to the other. |
| reservations | areas of land set aside for native americans. the government thought the american indians would stay on the land but most were nomadic and it didn't work |
| Chief Joseph | leader of the nez perce, did not want to fight but didn't want to go to a reservation in Idaho either. he tried to take his people to Canada but was unsuccessful. He is famous for saying "I will fight no more forever" |
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