Chapter 19 Section 2 Alternative

Congress passed the ______________, laws that limited African Americans freedom.

• Fugitive Slave Laws

• Black Codes

• Freedmen's Tax

• Voting Rights Tax

President Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 because_____________

• He felt that Democrats would never support the bill

• He believed the bill was unconstitutional

• He thought it gave the government too much power

• He wanted to punish Radical Republicans for their views on slavery

_______________ became president in 1868 after Andrew Johnson did not run for another term

• William T Sherman

• Ulysses S Grant

• Rutherford B Hayes

• William McKinley

The _________ Amendment stated that born or naturalized people within the United States, except Native Americans, are citizens.

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

What was Congresses' response to Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

• They accepted his decision and allowed the bill to fail.

• They rewrote the law so he would approve it.

• They believed he could not veto the bill based on the law.

• They overrode his veto.

The ________ Amendment was proposed by Republicans because they were afraid the Democrats would not allow African American men the right to vote.

__________ were for the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. ___________ were against the passage.

____________ wanted the federal government to force change on the South.

Under the Fourteenth Amendment, ___________ were banned from holding federal or state office.

_____________ were happy about the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.