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What was the Reconstruction Period?
The period from 1865-1877 when the federal government attempted to rebuild the South and protect African Americans.
What was the impact of Dred Scott?
Dred Scott was overturned by the 14th Amendment, which stated that African Americans could be citizens.
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
A movement where African Americans fought to reclaim their rights in the 1960s.
What was the effect of the 15th Amendment?
Enabled Black men to participate formally in American politics.
What were the causes and effects of the 15th Amendment?
Cause: Desire to grant Black men voting rights. Effect: Southern states used tactics to suppress Black voting.
What were the causes and effects of the Black Codes?
Cause: Resistance to Black freedom and equality. Effect: Limited African American freedoms after slavery.
Define Reconstruction Era.
Period (1865-1877) when the federal government rebuilt the South and protected newly freed African Americans.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude (except as punishment for a crime).
What is the 14th Amendment?
Constitutional amendment defining birthright citizenship and guaranteeing equal protection under the law.
Define birthright citizenship.
The concept that anyone born in a country is automatically a citizen of that country.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Constitutional amendment prohibiting the denial of the right to vote based on race.
Define Black Codes.
Discriminatory laws that emerged after the 13th Amendment to limit African American freedoms.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Define poll taxes.
A tax required to vote, used to disenfranchise African American voters.
Define literacy tests.
Tests used to prevent African Americans from voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Legislation that provided full protection of voting rights, nearly a century after the 15th Amendment.