13,14 & 15th Amendment Flash Cards

Literacy Tests

• Tests that had to be passed in order to vote.

• Tests to assess reading comprehension for job applications.

• Tests designed to evaluate mathematical skills for college admission.

• Tests that measure physical fitness for military service.

Grandfather Clause

• Allowed people to vote if their grandfather voted BEFORE the Civil War.

• A law that prohibited voting rights for women.

• A clause that allowed only landowners to vote.

• A rule that required voters to pass a literacy test.

Black Codes

• Laws that applied to African Americans, passed to restrict their freedoms

• Regulations that promoted civil rights for all citizens

• Policies aimed at integrating African Americans into society

• Legislation that provided economic support to African Americans

15th Amendment

• African American Males have the right to vote

• Women have the right to vote

• All citizens have the right to bear arms

• Only white males can vote

Segregation

• Separation of races.

• Integration of cultures.

• Equal treatment of all individuals.

• Promotion of diversity.

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

• A terrorist organization that promoted civil rights for all races.

• A group that used fear and violence towards blacks and whites that helped blacks to try to stop blacks from exercising their rights.

• A civil rights organization that fought against racial discrimination.

• A political party that advocated for the rights of white Americans.

Sharecropping

• A system that allowed African Americans to own land and crops independently.

• A method of farming where tenants pay rent in cash instead of crops.

• A system meant to keep African Americans poor, where they lived on plantations and rented their house, planting crops and receiving a portion of the money from sold crops.

• A government program that provided financial assistance to African American farmers.

Poll Taxes

• A tax on property ownership

• A fee that had to be paid to vote.

• A tax on income earned

• A fee for registering to vote.

14th Amendment

• All US Citizens must be treated equally under the law

• Only US Citizens born in the United States are considered citizens

• The right to vote cannot be denied based on race

• States can impose their own citizenship requirements

13th Amendment

• Abolished Slavery

• Established Women's Suffrage

• Granted Voting Rights to All Men

• Legalized Segregation