Reconstruction and Jim Crow

The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give women the right to vote
• to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union
• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to abolish slavery

The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
• to abolish slavery
• 
  to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America

In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?

• Sons of the Confederacy
• Neo-Nazis
• Ku Klux Klan
• Black Separatists

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
• Freed the Slaves
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Forced African Americans back into slavery

White men were able to get around voting restrictions because of what?

• Grandfather Clause (if your grandfather voted, so can you)

• They could pay to vote

• They owned enough land to vote

• Many of them in the South could not vote because they were part of the Confederacy

What was the main idea of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896? What did the 8 judges decide?

• the Supreme Court outlawed the practice of lynching

• its ok to segregate as long as its "separate but equal facilities and places

• all black people finally will have equal rights

• all black people and white people can marry each other.

What are the Jim Crow laws?

• Were laws that enforced racial segregation in the U.S

• Were laws that made people pay Jim Crow

• Were laws that got a rid of racial segregation in the U.S

What did the Reconstruction era follow?

• The Civil War

• The Enlightenment

• The American War

• A Revolution

Southern states tried to limit the impact of the 13th, 14th, an 15th Amendments by -

• passing Jim Crow laws

• ending racial discrimination

• seceding from the Union

• participating in the Civil War

Jim Crow laws were upheld by which Supreme Court case in 1898?

• RHS vs. BGHS
• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Clymore vs. Kiser
• Plessy vs. Ferguson