Midterm Flashcards!

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Compromise of 1850

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Dealt with the balance of "new vs slave states" in newly admitted states. Determined the status of slavery in new states.

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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An agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South by helping freed slaves achieve economic stability and secure political freedoms.

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Reservation System

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Pushed Native Americans to select “reserves” to remove them from desirable land.

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13th Amendment

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Made "involuntary servitude," aka slavery, illegal in the entire United States.

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Civil War Amendments

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The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments ensured the Federal government is required to ensure individual liberties.

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Jim Crow

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Series of laws in the South that led to the segregation or separation of African Americans from the White population in all public facilities.

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Debt Peonage

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If a sharecropper is unable to pay his debts by the end of the contractual year, they must sign another contract to work again, falling in a system of debt.

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15th Amendment

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Guaranteed African American males the right to vote.

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Political Machines

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In U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes.

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Tammany Hall

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The largest political machine organization in New York City.