US History Civil War and Reconstruction Flashcards
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What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Answer: It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while prohibiting slavery north of 36°30' in the Louisiana Territory
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state balanced by Maine as a free state, and drew a line at 36°30' north prohibiting slavery above that line in the Louisiana Territory.
What was the Dred Scott decision?
Answer: A Supreme Court ruling that Black people were not citizens and Congress could not prohibit slavery in territories
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not US citizens and had no standing in court, and that Congress could not ban slavery from territories.
What was sharecropping after the Civil War?
Answer: An agricultural arrangement where tenant farmers gave a share of their crops to landowners instead of cash rent, creating a cycle of debt
Sharecropping was a system where tenant farmers (often formerly enslaved Black people) gave landowners a portion of their harvest as rent, often falling into perpetual debt and dependency.
What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments collectively establish?
Answer: Abolition of slavery, citizenship and equal protection for all persons born in the US, and voting rights regardless of race
These Reconstruction Amendments abolished slavery, granted citizenship and equal protection, and extended voting rights to Black men, transforming the legal status of formerly enslaved people.
Who was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President who became President after his assassination?
Answer: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's second-term Vice President, became President after Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, and pursued a lenient Reconstruction policy that conflicted with Congress.
What role did the Freedmen's Bureau play during Reconstruction?
Answer: It was a federal agency that provided education, employment assistance, and legal protection to formerly enslaved people and poor white Southerners
The Freedmen's Bureau was established in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people and poor white Southerners with education, employment, food, medical care, and legal disputes.