HIST 3622 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Preston Brooks, Protofeminism, Mary Boykin Chesnut

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 3622
• Professor: Boyd Cothran

Document Summary

The 13th amendment: 1865 amendment to the united states constitution which outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. The 14th amendment: 1868 amendment to the united states constitution which defines citizenship, privileges of immunities clause, due process, and equal protection. The 15th amendment: 1870 amendment to the united states constitution which prohibits the denial of citizens to vote for federal office based on race, color, or previous status of servitude. The transcontinental railroad: railroad network attempting to connect the pacific states (e. g. california) with the central states (e. g. The transcontinental railroad: railroad network attempting to connect the pacific states (e. g. california) with the central states (e. g. iowa) between 1863 (during the civil war) and 1869. The morrill act of 1862: allowed the creation of land-grant colleges (universities) during the. Civil war and allowed these newly-established (agricultural) institutions of higher learning to receive state benefits and designations in the public education system.