Reconstruction Day 2 Review

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What did the 13th amendment do?

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Abolish slavery in the United States

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Who was President during the Civil War and was killed days after the war officially ended?

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President Abraham Lincoln

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Who was the vice president and then president after Lincoln was killed?

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Andrew Johnson

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What were Black Codes?

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Laws that greatly limited the freedom and civil rights of African Americans.

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What did the 14th Amendment do?

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Said all people born or naturalized within the United States, except Native Americans, were citizens.

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Besides citizenship, what else did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

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Equal protection of the laws for citizens.

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What did the 14th Amendment say about states depriving persons of life, liberty, or property?

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States could not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law.

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Who did the 14th Amendment ban from office?

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Many former Confederate officials from holding state or federal offices.

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What power did the 14th Amendment give Congress?

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The power to pass any laws needed to enforce it.

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Abolish

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to completely or officially get rid of something