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Sol II.3a-c
Amendments, Reconstruction, and Legacies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is migration? | Moving from one place to another |
| What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 allow? | African Americans weree granted full citizenship and the Federal government sent troops from the North to the South. |
| What does expansion mean? | the act or process of growing or becoming larger |
| How did the Transcontinental Railroad change America? | Connected the East coast to the West coast by land and made it easier to transport people and goods. |
| Who did the 13th amendment help? | African Americans were now free and the amendment banned slavery in the United States and any of its territories. |
| What did the 14th amendment allow? | Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law. |
| Who did the 15th amendment help? | Former slaves were given the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous conditions of servitude. |
| When was the Reconstrucion period and how long did it last?? | 1865-1877 and lasted 12 years |
| What was the Reconstruction period? | The name given to the time period of reorganization and rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. |
| Who were the carpetbaggers? | Name given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War and took advantage of the South during Reconstruction. |
| Who did the Black Codes punish? | Freedmen were exploited by plantation owners and the South passed laws after the Civil War to keep African Americans in semi-slavery. |
| What was the Freedman's Bureau? | A government agency formed to help African Americans (former enslaved Americans) make the transition from slavery to freedom. |
| Who was Robert E. Lee? | Commander of the Confederate Army. After the Civil War he encouraged Southeners to reconcile and unite as Americans. Later he became the President of Washington and Lee University. |
| Who was Frederick Douglass? | An African American who wanted constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights and he wanted human rights and civil liberties for all. |
| What did Abraham Lincoln want after the Civil War? | He wanted the United States to reconcile and preservation was more important than punishing the South. |
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