Ms. Morales Van Nuys Middle School Periodic Assessment #3 Study Guide Ms. Morales Van Nuys Middle School
The Emancipation Proclamation “…I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves …are and hence forward shall be free…” Freed slaves in the Confederate States
The idea that States’ have the right to reject laws made by congress Nullification We REJECT these LAWS!!! We REJECT these LAWS!!!
54th Massachusetts Regiment One of the first African American regiments
Not a leader of “Big Business” ($$$) x x x Henry Ford Founder of Ford Motor Company John D. Rockefeller Founder of Standard Oil First American billionaire Andrew Carnegie Steel Industrialist Samuel Gompers
Significance of the Battle of Gettysburg South did not invade Northern territories again
Amendments 14 &15
The 14th Amendment Section 1: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States…are citizens of the United States. No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
The 15th Amendment Section 1: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
Amendments 14 &15 involved mainly… Giving rights to formerly enslaved persons
The Freedman’s Bureau kept its promises except Providing freed slaves with forty acres and a mule
Best reflects the information in the graphs Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe increased.
Not new technology used during the Civil War x x x bayonets More accurate rifles Ironclad warships Deadlier cannons and bullets
Led to tensions between Native Americans and white settlers Conflicts over land and resources
Daniel Webster’s Belief “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” The South should not be permitted to secede -Daniel Webster (senator form Massachusetts)
Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, Grand father clauses Designed to prevent African Americans from voting
The border states are… The border states during the Civil War
Goals of Congress during the Reconstruction Readmit the Confederate states
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” SLAVERY FOREVER!!! SLAVERY is WRONG!!! Slavery would have to be resolved.
What does the image show? Explain. The picture shows freedmen voting. Evidence: He is putting his ballot in a container.
What point is the artist trying to make about Reconstruction? The artist is showing that Reconstruction was a bad experience for freedmen. Evidence: It shows -a school destroyed -a hurt child -the KKK intimidating freedmen.
Reconstruction & African Americans Positive Experiences Freedom from slavery Citizenship The opportunity to vote education
Reconstruction & African Americans Negative Experiences Racism and segregation Violence and intimidation from the KKK Lack of economic opportunities