Chapter 18 Flashcards
(22 cards)
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the south and bringing them back into the union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincolns plan wanted to easily forgive the south but the radical republicans wanted there to be harsh punishments
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords theatre
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Petersen house
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the USA including African americans
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave African American men the right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the government
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south
What did the name scalawags mean?
White southerners that were pro union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
KKK
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
More elctile cites but less popular
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
So African Americans couldn’t vote
What is segregation?
Separation of races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that kept races separated in public places
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
It’s okay if it’s equal
What was an exoduster?
African Americans that left the south after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin singleton
