History of the Americas Questions
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When was the Civil Rights Act OFFICIALLY passed?
This was used during the Civil War and it means that they do not regard any rules or morals. They will essentially do whatever it takes to win
When was president johnson impeached?
When was the Freedman's Bureau abolished?
The South used racism and violence as a means to attempt to prevent Republicanism in the South and it resulted in a halt in progress for Black American rights
When were the first African Americans to serve in congress elected?
When did congress deny south states attmpt. to join union?
Who and when were southerners allowed equal representation in congress?
When were troops removed from the south? Who did it?
Reconstruction laws allowed the North to bring federal troops into major Southern cities to enforce black freedom
When were more African American education systems built?
Act passed by Congress that allowed enslaved people to fight with the North and earn their freedom after the war. Thousands of slaves jumped at the chance
When was the freedman's bureau officially disbanded?
Documents that confirmed Arkansas would fully secede on May 6, 1861. Slavery was never mentioned in the documents and the Governor said that the North thought slavery was a sin, and they did not.
Who was the first African American congress member?
When was Ulysses S. Grant reelected?
how much land did SHA give to former slaves?
When was the southern homestead act (attempted) passed?
Decree that used federal power in the North to free all slaves in the seceding states, and as a result, the stated war goals previously were not shifted
Confederate VP Alexander Stephens states in a speech the ideology of the Confederacy more succinctly. It claimed the war had always been about states rights, so many Confederates went against it