Chapter 27: The Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870

Why did Tennessee need a new constitution after the Civil War?

• All former Confederate states had to ban segregation to rejoin the Union.

• All former Confederate states had to ban slavery to rejoin the Union.

• All former confederate Staes had to ban poll taxes to rejoin the Union.

• All Former Confederate states had to pay taxes to rejoin the Union.

what did this receipt allow someone to do>

• buy goods and serves

• serve as an elected official

• vote in an election

• pay back the Union for Civil War debts

How did the Tennessee Constitution of 1870 affect African American voting rights?

• The Constitution of 1870 denied African Americans the right to vote.

• The Constitution of 1870 gave African American men and women the right to vote.

• The Constitution of 1870 established a poll tax.

• The Constitution of 1870 established Jim Crow laws to protect African Americans at the polls.

What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws.

• to segregate white and black Americans

• to ban slavery

• to ban poll taxes

• to allow African American men to vote.

What was the outcome of Jim Crow laws?

• African Americans got a better education than whites.

• A Constitutional Convention was held in 1870.

• Reconstruction in Tennessee came to an end.

• Discrimination against African Americans became common.

Which of the following statements describes how public equation was funded in Tennessee after the Constitution of 1870?

• White and black schools were combined and they split funds equally.

• White and black schools were separate and they each received the same amount of money.

• White and black schools were separate and more money was spent on white schools.

• White and black schools were combined and more money was sent on white students.

How did Fisk University get its start?

• It was started as a school for African American after the Civil War.

• It was started as a school for a white men before the Civil War.

• It was started as a school for African Americans before the Civil War.

• It was started as a school for women after the Civil War.

what is described below.

• Established schools for African Americans
• Provided food, housing, and medical aid.
• offered legal services
• helped former slaves settle on land

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Fisk University

• Constitution of 1870

• Jim Crow laws