Aftermath of the Civil War

Question 1

What happened to Lincoln after the Civil War?

Answer 1

He was assassinated

Question 2

Who took Lincolns place?

Answer 2

Vice President Andrew Johnson

Question 3

What was Johnsons view on the Southern States?

Answer 3

He was more sympathetic towards them

Question 4

How many Amendments were created to help with equality after Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 4

3

Question 5

Name the 3 new amendments of the 1860’s

Answer 5

13h Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment

Question 6

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Answer 6

End Slavery as an Institution

Question 7

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Answer 7

Guaranteed citizenship to black people

Question 8

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Answer 8

Guaranteed the right to vote on equal measures for all races

Question 9

How did Racial equality initially show progress?

Answer 9

Black Americans were voted in to local and national governments

Question 10

What was the period of changing attitudes towards African-Americans after the civil war called?

Answer 10

Reconstruction

Question 11

How long did Reconstruction last?

Answer 11

10 years

Question 12

Why did Reconstruction end?

Answer 12

White people wanted to reinstate their dominance over African-Americans

Question 13

How did white people in America gradually end Reconstruction?

Answer 13

They slowly implemented laws affecting voting rights

Question 14

What is an example of a law that passed to help end Reconstruction?

Answer 14

Only being allowed to vote if you passed a literacy test

Question 15

Why was the literacy test a limitation for voting for African-Americans?

Answer 15

Many of them could not read

Question 16

What is the restriction of Reconstruction in many states an example of?

Answer 16

The states power compared to the federal governments power

Question 17

When did the Plessy vs Ferguson case occur?

Answer 17

1896

Question 18

Which level of the judicial branch was involved in the judgement of the 1896 case?

Answer 18

Supreme Court

Question 19

What judgement did the Supreme Court reach with the Plessy Vs Ferguson case?

Answer 19

States were allowed to give different races the same equal facilities and separate them

Question 20

What was the Supreme Court allowing in the Plessy vs Ferguson case?

Answer 20

Segregation

Question 21

What was a limitation of the “equal” facilities for black and white citizens?

Answer 21

They were not equal and this was barely checked up on

Question 22

What was the significance of the Plessy vs Ferguson case?

Answer 22

It permitted segregation, which was a problem for decades afterwards.