Chapter 18 Study Guide Flashcards

1
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What is Reconstruction?

A

Rebuilding the former confederate states and readmitting to the union

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2
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Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.

A

Lincoln was forgiving on the south while Republicans wanted a harsher readmission process

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3
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What was the Freedman’s Bureau?

A

Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom

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4
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Where was Lincoln assassinated?

A

Ford’s Theater

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5
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Who assassinated President Lincoln?

A

John Wilkes Booth

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6
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What building was the location where Lincoln died?

A

Petersen House

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7
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Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?

A

Andrew Johnson

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8
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What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?

A

Abolished slavery in 1865

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What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?

A

Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US

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What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?

A

Gave African Americans the right to vote in 1870

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11
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What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?

A

Served in the states general assembly

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12
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Who won the Election of 1868?

A

Ulysses S. Grant

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13
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What were carpetbaggers?

A

Northerns that moved to the South during Reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry to the region

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14
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What did the name scalawags mean?

A

Name used by former Confederates to describe some white southerners that were pro-Union

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15
Q

What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?

A

Ku Klux Klan KKK

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16
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What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?

A

Won with more electoral votes but less popular votes than Tilden

17
Q

What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?

A

Requirements for voting in many southern states to keep African Americans from voting

18
Q

What is segregation?

A

Separation of the races

19
Q

What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?

A

It was legal as long as it was separate and equal

20
Q

What were Jim Crow Laws?

A

Laws that required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place in the south

21
Q

What was an exoduster?

A

African Americans that left the South after the war

22
Q

Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?

A

Benjamin “Pap” Singleton