Free at Last

Question 1

When was the 13th Amendment?

Answer 1

1865

Question 2

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Answer 2

• Abolished slavery

- Allowed freedom of movement

Question 3

When was the 14th Amendment?

Answer 3

1868

Question 4

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Answer 4

• Gave all citizens equal protection under the law

Question 5

When was the 15th Amendment?

Answer 5

1870

Question 6

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Answer 6

• Gave all black males the right to vote

Question 7

What was special field order #15?

Answer 7

400,000 acres of land previously confederate land was offered to newly emancipated black families in 1865

Question 8

Why did special field order #15 fail?

Answer 8

Because Johnson returned the lands to southern owners who took a loyalty oath

Question 9

What was the Freedmen’s bureau?

Answer 9

Established by Congress to help former slaves and poor whites in the South. Provided:

• food
• education
• medical aid
• housing aid

Question 10

Why did the Freedmen’s bureau fail?

Answer 10

It shut down in 1872 due to government under funding

Question 11

When was the Military Reconstruction Act?

Answer 11

1867

Question 12

What did the Military Reconstruction Act do?

Answer 12

Divided the former confederate states into 5 zones of military occupation, and only allowed them to return to the union if they:

• allowed black voting
• ratified the 14th amendment
• forbade former confederates from holding office

Question 13

When was the Enforcement Act?

Answer 13

1870

Question 14

What did the Enforcement Act do?

Answer 14

Introduced penalties against anyone who interfered with another citizen’s constitutional rights

Question 15

What did the Second Enforcement Act do?

Answer 15

Placed the election of congressmen under federal surveillance

Question 16

When was the KKK Act?

Answer 16

1871

Question 17

What did the KKK Act do?

Answer 17

Gave federal troops power to arrest KKK members

Question 18

When was presidential reconstruction?

Answer 18

1865-66

Question 19

When was radical reconstruction?

Answer 19

1867-77

Question 20

Memphis mob

Answer 20

In 1866, a white mob in Memphis killed 40 black men

Question 21

Turning point in reconstruction (good)

Answer 21

The congressional elections of 1866, where radical republicans made a large gain in seats

Question 22

When was the Civil Rights Act?

Answer 22

1875

Question 23

What was the aim of the Civil Rights Act?

Answer 23

To prevent discrimination in public places

Question 24

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unsuccessful?

Answer 24

• Burden of enforcement was placed upon black litigants

- In 1883 it was ruled unconstitutional (now the responsibility of the state)

Question 25

KKK members

Answer 25

Had 500,000 members by 1871

Question 26

KKK violence

Answer 26

In 1870, the KKK got away with the destruction of 25 black schools the murder of 50 black teachers

Question 27

Prevention of black voting Mississipi

Answer 27

In 1875 on election day, whites incited riots which in which hundreds of black people were killed

Question 28

When was the end of reconstruction?

Answer 28

1877

Question 29

Reasons for the end of reconstruction

Answer 29

• Influence of radical republicans declined
• North wanted to focus on the North
• Economic depression of 1873 = desire to improve North-South relations