Chapter 17 SS Test Flashcards
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Laws that divided the South into military districts and set rules for rejoining the Union
Reconstruction Acts
A law that gave citizenship to African Americans and tried to stop Black Codes
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Lincoln’s idea that if 10% of voters in a southern state swore loyalty to the Union the state could rejoin the U.S.
The Ten Percent Plan
An agreement that ended Reconstruction and led to the removal of troops from the South
The Compromise of 1877
Keeping people apart based on race often seen in schools buses and restaurants in the South
Segregation
Gave citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. and promised equal protection under the law
14th Amendment
The law that ended slavery in the United States forever
13th Amendment
The 16th president of the U.S. who led the country during the Civil War and wanted to reunite the nation peacefully
Abraham Lincoln
The idea that it was legal to separate people by race as long as they had the same public services
Separate but Equal
Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans after the Civil War
Black Codes
The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
Hiram Revels
The time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and southern states were brought back into the Union
Reconstruction
Laws that forced segregation between Black and white people in the South
Jim Crow Laws
A secret group that used violence to scare African Americans and stop them from voting
The Ku Klux Klan
A Supreme Court case that said segregation was okay if things were separate but equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Lincoln’s vice president who became president after Lincoln was killed and had very different Reconstruction policies
Andrew Johnson
A railroad that crossed the U.S. from east to west helping people move west and goods travel faster
The Transcontinental Railroad
A group in Congress who wanted to punish the South and protect the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
When a president is formally charged with wrongdoing Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached
Impeachment
An event when thousands of settlers rushed to claim free land in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Land Rush
An organization created to help former slaves with food education and jobs after the Civil War
Freedmen’s Bureau
A fee people had to pay to vote used to stop poor people and African Americans from voting
Poll Tax
A law that gave people free land in the West if they farmed it for five years
The Homestead Act
A Union war hero who became president and supported Reconstruction and civil rights
Ulysses S. Grant
