Chapter 18 Flashcards
(22 cards)
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former confederate states and readmitting then to the union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln’s was forgiving but the radical republicans wanted harsher
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped a-a make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford’s theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
The Petersen house across the street
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 a-a’s in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave a-a’s men the right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the states general assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses s. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south during reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry to the region
What did the name scalawags mean?
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?
He had more electoral votes than popular votes
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To keep a-a’s from voting
What is segregation?
Separation of races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required a-a’s and whites to be separated in public places
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
It was legal as long as it was separated and equal
What was an exoduster?
A-a’s who left the south after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Bejamin “pap” singleton
