Chapter18 Flashcards
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
10% plan was forgiving on the south
Radical Republican Plan wanted a harsher readmission process
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that healped a-a’s make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords Theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes 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?
It 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?
They served in the states general assembly State senate and representatives
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners who moved to the south during reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry to tge region
What did the name scalawags mean?
Used by former confederates to descibe same white southerners that were pro-union
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?
He gained more electoral votes but not popular votes
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To keep A-A men from being able to vote
What is segregation?
Seperation of races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required A-A’s and whites to be seperated in almost every public place
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
It was legal as long as it was seperate and equal
What was an exoduster?
A-A that left the south after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamen “Pap” Singleton
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding confederate states and readmitting them back into the union
