Flashcards for FINAL
What caused Bleeding Kansas?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What treaty did the Kansas-Nebraska Act violate?
The Missouri Compromise
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolish slavery
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Make African-Americans citizens, and former slaves citizens too.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Give the right to vote to African Americans
What was Northwest Ordinance?
Banned slavery north of Ohio River.
What caused the Fugitive Slave Law?
It was part of the Compromise of 1850.
What years did Reconstruction last?
1865-1877
What ended Reconstruction?
The Republicans withdrew in exchange for winning a presidential election.
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
It tried to end the Black Codes. (Act made by Republicans, of course). President vetoed, the veto was repealed, and they wrote the 14th Amendment.
When was King Phillip’s War?
1675-1679
Why did King Phillip’s war happen?
Native Americans were being put to work and arrested by English, losing land and culture
Where did the Pilgrims land?
Massachusetts
What were the National Origin Quotas?
Limit people from certain (disliked) countries
1920s-1965
Exactly what it sounds like
Xenophobic
What is the difference between a civil and criminal trial?
CIVIL - One person suing another
CRIMINAL - Accused of a crime
