Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877 (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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When was the Reconstruction Era?
When was the Reconstruction Era?
1865 to 1877
Thirteenth Amendment purpose
Thirteenth Amendment purpose
Banned slavery & involuntary servitude (except as punishment for crime)
Fourteenth Amendment main achievement
Fourteenth Amendment main achievement
Granted citizenship rights, overturned Dred Scott (1857)
Fifteenth Amendment purpose
Fifteenth Amendment purpose
Granted universal male suffrage to African-Americans
Civil Rights Act 1875 guarantees
Civil Rights Act 1875 guarantees
Equal treatment in public transport, accommodation & jury service
Compromise of 1877
Compromise of 1877
Hayes became president; gave Democrats control of South
First African-American vote date & person
First African-American vote date & person
31 March 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson
When Civil Rights Act 1875 deemed unconstitutional
When Civil Rights Act 1875 deemed unconstitutional
1883
What ended the Reconstruction Era
What ended the Reconstruction Era
Compromise of 1877
Civil War dates
Civil War dates
1861 to 1865