AMSCO APUSH - Chapter 15 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

AMSCO APUSH - Chapter 15 Study Guide with Complete Solutions Civil Rights Act of 1866 - Answer️️ -This act declared that all African Americans were U.S. citizens and also attempted to provide a shield against the operation of the Southern states' Black Codes. (p. 295) 14th Amendment - Answer️️ -Ratified in 1868, this Constitutional amendment, declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were citizens, and it obligated the states to respect the rights of U.S. citizens and provide them with "equal protection of the laws" and "due process of law". Other parts of the amendment related to Congress' plan for Reconstruction. (p. 295) equal protection of the laws - Answer️️ -Part of the 14th amendment, it emphasizes that the laws must provide equivalent "protection" to all people. (p. 295) due process of law - Answer️️ -Part of the 14 Amendment, it denies the government the right, without due process, to deprive people of life, liberty, and property. (p. 295) 15h Amendment - Answer️️ -Ratified in 1870, this Constitutional amendment, prohibited any state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." (p. 297) Civil Rights Act of 1875 - Answer️️ -The last major piece of Reconstruction legislation, this law prohibited racial discrimination in all public accommodation and transportation. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 It also prohibited courts from excluding African Americans from juries. However, the law was poorly enforced. (p. 297) Horace Greeley - Answer️️ -In the presidential election of 1872, both the Liberal Republicans and the Democrats made this newspaper editor their nominee. He lost the election to Ulysses S. Grant, he died just days before the counting of the electoral vote count. (p. 301) Panic of 1873 - Answer️️ -Economic panic caused by over speculation by financiers and over building by industry and railroads. In 1874, President Grant sided with the hard-money bankers who wanted gold backing of the money supply. He vetoed a bill calling for the release of additional greenbacks. (p. 302) greenbacks - Answer️️ -Name given to paper money issued by the government, so called because the back side was printed with green ink. They were not redeemable for gold. (p 302) redeemers - Answer️️ -By 1877, these Southern conservatives had taken control of state governments in the South. Their foundation rested on states rights, reduced taxes, reduced social programs, and white supremacy. (p. 302) Rutherford B. Hayes - Answer️️ -He won the presidential election of 1876, which was a highly contested election. He was a Republican governor from Ohio. (p. 302) Samuel J. Tilden - Answer️️ -In the presidential election of 1876, this New York reform governor was the Democrat nominee. He had gained fame for putting Boss Tweed behind bars. He collected 184 of the necessary 185 electoral votes, but was defeated by Rutherford B. Hayes, when all of the electoral votes from the contested states of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana went to Hayes. (p. 303) ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 3 Compromise of 1877 - Answer️️ -This informal deal settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Republican) and Samuel Tilden (Democrat). It was agreed that Hayes would become president. In return, he would remove all federal troops from the South and support the building of a Southern transcontinental railroad. (p. 303) presidential reconstruction - Answer️️ -President Abraham Lincoln believed that the Southern states could not leave the Union and therefo