Chapter 18 Flashcards
(22 cards)
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding former confederate south and readmitting them to union north
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln’s 10% plan-forgiving on south
Radical republican-wanted a harsher readmission process
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Force theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Peterson house
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery in 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in us, including AAs in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave AA men the right to vote in 1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in state’s general assembly, state senate, and representatives
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses s grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to south during reconstruction to find wealth buy bringing industry to region
What did the name scalawags mean?
Name used by former confederates to describe some white southerners that were pro Union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
Ku-klux-klan
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
Won with more electoral votes but less popular votes
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
Keeps AAs from voting
What is segregation?
Separation of races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Required AAs and whites to be separated in almost every public place
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Legal as long as equal
What was an exoduster?
AAs that left the south after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin “pop” singleton
