U.S. History Final Review

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

People who worked to end slavery were called:

• abolitionists

• southerners

• cartridges

• blockades

The 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to...

• citizenship.
• vote.
• own land.
• hold political office.

The 13th Amendment ended...

• Black Codes.
• discrimination.
• Jim Crow laws.
• slavery.

The 14th Amendment gave African Americans...

• free land.
• citizenship and equal protection of laws.
• the right the vote.
• money.

Frederick Douglass was best known as what?

• Confederate General
• 16th President
• Former slave who worked constantly for rights for African Americans
• Union General

Jim Crow laws were upheld by which Supreme Court case in 1896?

• RHS vs. BGHS
• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Clymore vs. Kiser
• Plessy vs. Ferguson

Reconstruction ended in ____ with a compromise over the election of 1876.

• 1865
• 1900
• 1861
• 1877

Reconstruction ended in ____ with a compromise over the election of 1876.

• 1865
• 1900
• 1861
• 1877

Reconstruction ended in ____ with a compromise over the election of 1876.

• 1865
• 1900
• 1861
• 1877