Unit 2 Test Flashcards
What did the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson say?
It was legal to have equal but separate facilities for African Americans and whites.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
It provided food, shelter, jobs & medical care for African Americans and whites.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
An abolitionist leader who had once been enslaved and escaped.
What is white supremacy?
When people believe that white people are superior to other races.
How many times did President Andrew Johnson veto the Freedmen’s Bureau bill?
Twice
What was the 13th amendment?
It made slavery illegal throughout the United States & its territories.
What was the 14th amendment?
It granted citizenship to everyone born in the US, except Native Americans. It guaranteed equal protection under the law to all citizens.
What was the 15th amendment?
It ensured all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude (enslavement). ***Native Americans and women were still excluded.
What was the 19th amendment?
It gave all women the right to vote.
Why were Jim Crow laws created?
To make segregation legal in the south.
What did the pre-war economy of the South depend on?
Enslaved workers
After the war, what happened to the wives of wealthy plantation owners of the South?
They were widows and had to take on their husbands’ responsibilities.
What is the definition of impeach?
to charge an official with wrongdoing
What is the definition of carpetbagger?
the Southern name for Northerners who went south during Reconstruction to make money.
What is the definition of tenant?
someone who pays rent
