Reconstruction Legislation - Afr Am History

What era of American history became the aftermath of the American Civil War, lasting from 1866 to 1877, focusing on the Union reintegrating Southern states back into the US?

What amendment abolished slavery/indentured servitude, initially was favored by Lincoln as a gradual emancipation with the goal of deportation to Africa? (likely declared unconstitutional if passed after the war ended)

What group, part of the Republican Party, had control over Congress at the time of Reconstruction, who had extreme views at the time (immediate end to slavery)?

Benjamin Wade, Charles Sumner, and Thaddeus Stevens were all prominent members of what subgroup of the Republican Party?

Within the 13th Amendment, what section declared that indentured servitude and slavery have no place for existing in the US, unless as punishment for a crime?

What section of the 13th Amendment declared that Congress has the power to enforce the 13th Amendment through proper legislation?

When did the 13th Amendment pass by the Senate?

When did the 13th Amendment pass by the House of Representatives?

What questionable activities did Lincoln partake in to ensure the support of the House?

When was the 13th Amenment formally ratified?

Approximately how many former slaves were there at the time the 13th Amendment was passed?

What term refers to the movement of former slaves out west to Kansas?

Who promoted the Exoduster Movement?

What organizations created by Singleton had a goal to acquire land for former slaves to buy, giving them an opportunity to leave the southern lands?

What act, passed during the civil war, provided 160 acres of free public land to any US citizen at least 21 years old or head of household, requiring an $18 fee? (Renovations had to be made on the land)

How long were homesteaders required to live on the land?

If willing to pay a $1.25/acre fee, when could the land be purchased?

What town exists as the first all-black settlement in the Great Plains?

When was Nicodemus, Kansas, established?

What issues did Nicodemus, Kansas face?

When was the Nicodemus National Historical Site established?

What act, signed in 1865 by Lincoln, created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in order to assist formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the South?

When was the Freedmen’s Bureau Act renewed? Who tried to veto it but was overriden by Congress?

What services did the Freedmen’s Bureau Act provide?

When did operations cease for the Freedmen’s Bureau due to violent opposition and underfunding?

What five districts were organized by the 1865 Freedmen’s Bureau Act?

What were the Generals in charge of each district responsible for?

What civil rights act declared all people born in the US, except Native Americans, citizens? (overturning Black Codes)

What acts were passed in order to divide the South into five military districts for the purpose of ratifying the 14th Amendment?

Which amendment granted citizenship to all people born/naturalized in the US, ensuring due process and equal protection under the law?

What amendment prohibited federal and state governments from denying the right to vote based on race or color or prior slavery status? (undermined by voter suppression tactics)

What acts, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Acts, passed between 1870-1871, were passed to protect African American voters from violence and intimidation, temporarily suppressing the KKK?

What civil rights act guaranteed African Americans equal access to public accommodations, rarely enforced, overturned 8 years later?