Instructions: Identify the Following

question 105

Essay

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term.
Lynching

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Definitions:

Impeachment

Bringing charges against a public official; for example, the House of Representatives can impeach a president for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors” by majority vote, and after the trial the Senate can remove the president by a vote of two-thirds. Two presidents, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, have been impeached and tried before the Senate; neither was convicted.

Reconstruction Policy

The set of strategies implemented by the U.S. government from 1865 to 1877 aimed at rebuilding and reintegrating the Southern states after the Civil War and addressing the status of the freed slaves.

Equal Protection

A principle under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing that no state will deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Amendment

A formal change or addition to a legal or statutory document.