Freedmen's Bureau In Congress Flashcards
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 state?
Declared everyone born in the US a citizen with full rights
But did not guarantee everyone voting rights
Overturned Dred Scott decision
Did President Johnson like the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
No he vetoed it but Congress overturned it
What did Congress create after the first Civil Rights Act of 1866 was vetoed?
The 14th Amendment was created
What does the 14th Amendment state?
Equal citizenship to all people born in the US
States couldn’t deprive people of life,liberty, and property
Citizens are equally protected by the law
The 14th Amendment did not?
Did not give rights to vote for blacks
The 14th Amendment limited?
Limited the number of representatives a state could send to Congress
based on how many of the state’s male citizens were denied the right to vote
The more people could vote meant?
The more representative could be sent to Congress
The law to limit representatives purpose was to?
To cause states to let blacks vote without forcing them to
The right to vote would eventually do what?
Be used by the Supreme Court to expand the Bill of Rights as protection against the state governments
Congress was mad that it was vetoed so they?
Responded with the Civil Rights Act of 1866
