Unit 10 vocab

Question 1

reconstruction

Answer 1

-the period following the civil war
-US gov tried to reunite the north and south
-made the 13,14,and 15 amendments during this period
-lasted around 12 years

Question 2

black codes/Jim crow laws

Answer 2

-enforced segregation by law
-common in southern states
-forced African Americans to have to use separate public places than white people
-the word Jim Crown was used as a racial slur

Question 3

13th amendment

Answer 3

-slavery is banned everywhere
-in 1865
-criminal punishment is the only exception
-not just banned in the “rebel states”

Question 4

14th amendment

Answer 4

-african Americans have the right to vote
-no matter the color of your skin, if you are born or naturalized into the US you are a citizen
-defined rights for all people
-rebels could not be a government leader