Unit 6 SS Vocab

passed in January of 1865 this permanently outlawed slavery throughout the United States and emancipated all enslaved Americans. 

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Would ensure citizenship rights to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provide all citizens with “equal protection under the laws.” Passed in June of 1866. 

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Passed in February of 1869. Stated that the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state. 

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Louisiana’s new state constitution that would abolish slavery, authorize education for all, regardless of race, between the ages of 6 and 18; established minimum wages for public employees; and moved the state capital to New Orleans

• Constitution of 1864

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• Black Codes

• disenfranchise

Established in March of 1865. A government organization created to assist the 4 million formerly enslaved individuals in transitioning to freedom. 

• Constitution of 1864

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• Black Codes

• disenfranchise

State laws that limited the economic and physical freedoms of Black Americans.

• Constitution of 1864

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• Black Codes

• disenfranchise

To take a away a right, especially the right to vote.

• Constitution of 1864

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• Black Codes

• disenfranchise

A fee that a voter was required to pay before voting or registering to vote.

• poll taxes

• literacy tests

• Civil Rights Bill of 1866

• Tenant farmers

A reading test that voters have to pass before voting.  

• poll taxes

• literacy tests

• Civil Rights Bill of 1866

• Tenant farmers

Granted all  persons born in the United States, regardless of race or color, the basic rights of citizenship in every state and territory in the United States. Passed in April. 

• poll taxes

• literacy tests

• Civil Rights Bill of 1866

• Tenant farmers