chapter 18, lesson 2

Question 1

what were black codes?

Answer 1

black codes were laws designed to help control former slaves that had been freed

Question 2

what did the civil rights act of 1866 do?

Answer 2

this law gave the government the right to get involved in state affairs to protect african american rights. it also granted citizenship to african americans

Question 3

what were two main goals of the radical republicans in their approach to reconstruction?

Answer 3

the radical republicans wanted rights for freedmen and punishment for confederates

Question 4

what did the 14th amendment do?

Answer 4

it meant that if you were born in the u.s. then you were a u.s. citizen and that all citizens are equally protected under laws of the u.s.

Question 5

describe the radical republicans’ reconstruction act of 1867

Answer 5

the ten states that had not ratified the fourteenth amendment were required to form new governments

Question 6

define impeachment

Answer 6

to formally charge someone with wrongdoing

Question 7

why did congress impeach president johnson?

Answer 7

they said he violated the tenure of office act

Question 8

what did the 15th amendment do?

Answer 8

the fifteenth amendment made sure that the state could not deny the right to vote to any male regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude