Chapter 15 IDs Flashcards
1
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Andrew Johnson
Who
A
President of the US after Lincoln died
2
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Andrew Johnson
What
A
Openly hostile toward African Americans
3
Q
Andrew Johnson
When
A
1865
4
Q
Andrew Johnson
Where
A
US
5
Q
Andrew Johnson
Why
A
Strong commitment to withhold rights from blacks was a contributing factor to the failure of Reconstruction.
Ended the land redistribution effort
6
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Black Codes
Who
A
State legislatures
7
Q
Black Codes
What
A
Set of laws designed to give whites authority over former slaves
8
Q
Black Codes
When
A
1865
9
Q
Black Codes
Where
A
South
10
Q
Black Codes
Why
A
Prevented African Americans from obtaining social equality
11
Q
Booker T. Washington
Who
A
Chief spokesman for black commitment to education
12
Q
Booker T. Washington
What
A
Founded the Tuskegee Institute
Gave the speech “Atlanta Compromise”
13
Q
Booker T. Washington
When
A
Speech in 1895
14
Q
Booker T. Washington
Where
A
Alabama
15
Q
Booker T. Washington
Why
A
Helped awaken the interest of a new generation to the possibilities of self advancement through self improvement
16
Q
Carpetbaggers
Who
A
White men from the North who served as Republican leaders in the South
17
Q
Carpetbaggers
What
A
Looked on the South as a new frontier
18
Q
Carpetbaggers
When
A
Reconstruction era (1865-187)
19
Q
Carpetbaggers
Where
A
South
20
Q
Carpetbaggers
Why
A
Name conveyed an image of penniless adventures and resentment
21
Q
Charles Sumner
Who
A
Senator of MA
22
Q
Charles Sumner
What
A
Leader of the Radical Republicans
23
Q
Charles Sumner
When
A
Reconstruction era (1865-1877)
24
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Charles Sumner
Where
A
MA
25
Charles Sumner
| Why
Advocated social equality for blacks
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Compromise of 1877
| Who
Hayes vs. Tilden
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Compromise of 1877
| What
Unwritten deal deciding the election between Hayes and Tilden
28
Compromise of 1877
| When
1877
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Compromise of 1877
| Where
US
30
Compromise of 1877
| Why
Pulled federal troops out of state politics in the south
Ended Reconstruction era
31
Crop lien system
| Who
Poor whites and former slaves mainly
32
Crop lien system
| What
System that allowed farmers to receive commodities on credit and pay this debt back after the crop was harvested and sold
33
Crop lien system
| When
1860s (began)
34
Crop lien system
| Where
South
35
Crop lien system
| Why
Trapped in a cycle of debt
36
Enforcement Acts
| Who
Republican Congress
37
Enforcement Acts
| What
Laws the prohibited the states from discriminating against voters and gave the federal government right to intervene if states didn't listen
Black equal protection
38
Enforcement Acts
| When
1870 and 1871
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Enforcement Acts
| Where
US
40
Enforcement Acts
| Why
First time the federal government had ever claimed the power to prosecute crimes by individuals under federal law
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14 Amendment
| Who
Congress
42
14 Amendment
| What
Gave citizenship to blacks
43
14 Amendment
| When
1866
44
14 Amendment
| Where
US
45
14 Amendment
| Why
Made the Bill of Rights apply to state governments
46
Freedmen Bureau
| Who
Congress
47
Freedmen Bureau
| What
Agency of the army that distributed food to former slaves and established schools
48
Freedmen Bureau
| When
1865
49
Freedmen Bureau
| Where
South
50
Freedmen Bureau
| Why
Not a permanent solution
51
Hamilton Fish
| Who
Secretary of State
52
Hamilton Fish
| What
Forged an agreement, the Treaty of Washington, where Britain expressed regret over the Alabama incident
53
Hamilton Fish
| When
1871
54
Hamilton Fish
| Where
US + GB
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Hamilton Fish
| Why
Helped resolve the longstanding controversy with England
56
Ida B. Wells
| Who
Black journalist
57
Ida B. Wells
| What
Launched an international anti lynching movement
58
Ida B. Wells
| When
1892
59
Ida B. Wells
| Where
Began movement in TN
60
Ida B. Wells
| Why
Movement gathered strength and raised awareness about lynching
61
Jim Crow Laws
| Who
Targeted blacks
62
Jim Crow Laws
| What
Racial segregation laws
63
Jim Crow Laws
| When
Enacted between 1876 and mid 1900s
64
Jim Crow Laws
| Where
US
65
Jim Crow Laws
| Why
Limited blacks form social equality
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KKK
| Who
Targeted blacks
67
KKK
| What
Organization that used intimation and violence to undermine Reconstruction
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KKK
| When
Late mid 1800s
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KKK
| Where
South
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KKK
| Why
Essentially served as a military force continuing the battle against the North
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Panic of 1873
| Who
Grant (president)
72
Panic of 1873
| What
Economic crisis
73
Panic of 1873
| When
1873
74
Panic of 1873
| Where
US
75
Panic of 1873
| Why
Undermined support for Reconstruction
76
Plessy vs. Ferguson
| Who
Supreme Court
77
Plessy vs. Ferguson
| What
Court held that separate accommodation did not deprive blacks of equal rights
78
Plessy vs. Ferguson
| When
1896
79
Plessy vs. Ferguson
| Where
US
80
Plessy vs. Ferguson
| Why
Institutionalized the separation of races and formed the legal basis for the segregation of schools
81
Radical Republicans
| Who
Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens
82
Radical Republicans
| What
Demanded civil equality for blacks, punishment of Confederacy, and redistribution of property
83
Radical Republicans
| When
Began in 1864
84
Radical Republicans
| Where
US
85
Radical Republicans
| Why
Helped blacks obtain a degree of equality
86
Redeemers
| Who
White democrats
87
Redeemers
| What
Restoration of "home rule"
88
Redeemers
| When
Redeemed by 1877
89
Redeemers
| Where
South
90
Redeemers
| Why
The South then fell under the control of a powerful oligarchy known as the Bourbons
91
Scalawags
| Who
Southern white Republicans
92
Scalawags
| What
Supported Reconstruction
93
Scalawags
| When
After Civil War (1865)
94
Scalawags
| Where
South
95
Scalawags
| Why
Pejorative term conveyed Southern resentment
96
Sharecropping
| Who
Farmers
97
Sharecropping
| What
System of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land
98
Sharecropping
| When
Late mid 1800s
99
Sharecropping
| Where
South
100
Sharecropping
| Why
Former slaves became economically dependent on their landowner (like a master)
101
Thaddeus Stevens
| Who
Leader of the Radical Republicans
102
Thaddeus Stevens
| What
South to obtain equal rights for blacks
103
Thaddeus Stevens
| When
1860s
104
Thaddeus Stevens
| Where
US
105
Thaddeus Stevens
| Why
Helped blacks obtain a degree of equality
106
Wade Davis Bill
| Who
Radical Republicans
107
Wade Davis Bill
| What
Bill proposed for the Reconstruction of the South
108
Wade Davis Bill
| When
1864
109
Wade Davis Bill
| Where
South
110
Wade Davis Bill
| Why
Harsher than Lincoln's Plan, and Lincoln ultimately disposed of it with a pocket veto
111
William Seward
| Who
Ardent expansionist
112
William Seward
| What
Secretary of State
113
William Seward
| When
1867
114
William Seward
| Where
Alaska
115
William Seward
| Why
Purchased Alaska from the Russians and later annexed Hawaii
