Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction
Rebuilding the former Confederate states and readmitting them to the Union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan – Forgiving on the South
Radical Republicans – 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?
On April 14, 1865, the President and his wife attend the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
As they are watching the play, John Wilkes Booth enters the box without being noticed and shoots Lincoln in the back of the head.
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 in 1865.
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US, including A-A’s in 1866.
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave A-A men the right to vote in 1870.
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
In the late 1800’s there were 14 African-Americans that served in the state’s general assembly, state Senate and Representatives.
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?
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?
The Ku Klux Klan was the largest anti-African American terrorist organization in the South.
