Unit #1 terms

Question 1

14th Amendment

Answer 1

This was a law created in 1866, after the Civil War. It stated that all former slaves were now citizens.

Question 2

Tenure of Office Act

Answer 2

The purpose of this law was to stop the president from getting rid of important people part with different positions in office in the US senate/board. It was in affect from 1867 until 1887.

Question 3

Radical Republican

Answer 3

These are the people who are against slavery, and they are on the side of rights for blacks. They also have different ideas about post Civil War, and the Reconstruction era.

Question 4

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 4

They was a violent terrorist organization, and they were also white supremacists. They also opposed blacks, and they were the first terrorist organization in the US.

Question 5

1876 election

Answer 5

This election was between Rutherford B.Hayes, and Samuel Tilden. This election was the second one that the winner didn’t win the national popular vote.

Question 6

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 6

The Louisiana Supreme Court created this law in 1896. The purpose of it was to make blacks and whites separate but equal.

Question 7

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 7

He was one of the richest Americans in US history. He created the Carnegie steel company. Carnegie was also an industrialist, and a philanthropist.