History of the Americas Questions

Guarantees the rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States and requires that the laws must provide equal protection and due process to all people.

Second round of Reconstruction dominated by Radical Republicans in Congress, who took steps to protect African Americans and prevent former Confederates from gaining power.

One of two African Americans elected in the South to the Senate during the Reconstruction Era, which caused bitter resentment among ex-Confederates..

Amendment passed during Reconstruction which prohibits the denial of voting rights to any citizen based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Derisive term Southern Democrats used for Southerners who were sympathetic to Republican policies, ideas and programs.

House of Representatives votes to officially accuse a federal official of misconduct, which if passed results in a trial in the Senate and potential removal from office.

Derisive term Southern Democrats used for Northern newcomers after the Civil War who came to the South for political and economic opportunities.

Law passed by Republicans that pronounced all African Americans were citizens, however, Republicans feared the law was not strong enough and pushed for a constitutional amendment.

One of two African Americans elected in the South to the Senate during the Reconstruction Era and became famous for taking the Mississippi Senate seat once held by Jefferson Davis.

Passed by Congress over President Johnson's vetoes, these laws placed the South under military occupation and increased the requirements for getting readmitted to the Union.

Reconstruction law that guaranteed equal accommodations in public places and prohibited courts from excluding African Americans from juries, but was poorly enforced.

Leader of the Radical Republicans in the Senate along with Thaddeus Stevens, who led the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives.

President after Lincoln's assassination, he favored leniency for the South, which led to conflict with Radical Republicans and Congress and culminated in impeachment proceedings in 1868.

Law that prohibited the president from removing a federal official without Senate approval that was passed by Congress over President Johnson's veto.

Amendment passed during Reconstruction that banned slavery.

National government agency that was meant to assist former slaves with housing, food and education, however, the agency's funding was ended in 1870.

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Established firmer protection for private property and asserted the right of the Supreme Court to invalidate with the Federal constitution

Suit over whether New York State could grant a monopoly to a ferry operating on interstate waters. The ruling reasserted that Congress had the sole power to regulate interstate commerce.

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