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U.S. History-Hannah: Yakutat Homework
3) What was the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment?13th
-Legally ended slavery
14th
-It made them citizens.
15th
-"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
-It gave vlack men the right to vote.
4) How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted? How was the 15th Amendment interrupted?
-No state shall discriminate the blacks because of their race. Look at the wording, no STATE shall deny a black person. If you owned a personal business, you could be a racist as you want.
5) List ways a slave rebelled.
-They could run away, slowing down production, and physically rebel. They also rebelled in their songs that they sang.
6) Zinn tries to show slavery from a slaves perspective, what are three things he says?
-That slavery was never going to end by a rebellion but inly if it were economically good for the U.S., they were very sad and depressed although people thought they weren't because they sang and danced at night, that black people could never be civilized, and that in some places slavery was cruel and harsh.
7) After the Civil War how did the South prevent former slaves from attaining power?
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8) Why didn't former slaves move after the Civil War?
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9) Name two slave uprisings.
-Nat Turners rebellion and Conspiracy of Denmark Vey.
10) How many people died in the Civil War?
620,000 died total
2% of the population (Most of them were men.)
Confederates lost 260,000 out of 1 million that enlisted
Union lost 360,000 out of 2,300,000 that enlisted
11) Give the dates of the war.
-April 1861 – April 1865
Battles:
Gettysburg
-July 1st-3rd, Generals were Robert E. Lee and George Mead. an invasion of the north by Robert E. Lee. 70,000 men were lost, it was a three day battle, northern victory. Fought in Pennsylvania and July 1st through the 3rd. The south retreated in the fourth. It is known as the turning point of the war. After the battle, Robert E. Lee didn't have the people to fight a defensive battle because he had lost most of his men.
Appomattox
-April 8th 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant but the terms were generous. The soldiers could go home with their horses, they would keep their side arms, and they were given three days worth of rations.
