AMSCO APUSH - Chapter 15 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Civil Rights Act of 1866 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Part of the 14th amendment, it emphasizes that the
laws must provide equivalent "protection" to all people. (p. 295)
due process of law - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Ratified in 1870, this Constitutional amendment,
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, 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 - ✔✔The last major piece of Reconstruction legislation, this law
prohibited racial discrimination in all public accommodation and transportation. It also
prohibited courts from excluding African Americans from juries. However, the law was
poorly enforced. (p. 297)
Horace Greeley - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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)
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Civil Rights Act of 1866 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Part of the 14th amendment, it emphasizes that the
laws must provide equivalent "protection" to all people. (p. 295)
due process of law - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Ratified in 1870, this Constitutional amendment,
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, 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 - ✔✔The last major piece of Reconstruction legislation, this law
prohibited racial discrimination in all public accommodation and transportation. It also
prohibited courts from excluding African Americans from juries. However, the law was
poorly enforced. (p. 297)
Horace Greeley - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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)
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