African Americans and the Civil War

Lincoln when he ran for President in 1860

The 14th amendment:

The border states in 1860-1865 were

This kept blacks from voting after the Civil War:

The Emancipation Proclamation allowed:

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves where?

Laws forbidding slaves to learn to read, or to leave plantations without a pass:

The 13th Amendment:

The issue that divided North and South in the 1860 election:

The 15th amendment:

The Confiscation Act:

Before he left office, which President pardoned all former Confederates?

Approximately 10% of the Northern army were African-American troops:

Under Military reconstruction and the 14th amendment, former Confederates

These after the Civil War would force blacks into oppressive labor contracts:

The question of whether or not a state could secede from the Union was settled by:

Discriminatory laws passed right after the Civil War forcing blacks to work on white terms:

The ___ would use violence to force freed slaves to submit to white rule.

Slaves with no land were often forced into

Segregation laws forcing blacks into inferior schools and public facilities: