Chapter 18! Flashcards
(22 cards)
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding of the south
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan
Lincoln don’t give a harch punishment
Republican give harch punishment
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
It helped the freed slaves get on there’re feet
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords theatre
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John wilks booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
The Peterson 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 anyone citizenship to anyone born in the us
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave A-A men the right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
They served in the government
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses s grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south to try to make industry
What did the name scalawags mean?
Southerners that were for slavery
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?
It was the first one that the electoral collage voted
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To keep the A-A from voting
What is segregation?
Sepertion of the races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required A-A and whites to be separated in almost every public place
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
It was legal
What was an exoduster?
Freed slaves that moved to the north
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin singleton
