18 Study guide Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Reconstruction refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
They both are getting people to be normal and how it should be.
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen’s Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency established in 1865 to aid freedmen (freed slaves) in the South during the Reconstruction era of the United States, which attempted to change society in the former Confederate.
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords Theatre
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
The Petersen House
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
it abolished slavery in all American states
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
The 14th Amendment contained three major provisions: The Citizenship Clause granted citizenship to All persons born or naturalized in the United States. The Due Process Clause declared that states may not deny any person “life, liberty or property, without due process of law.”
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
it guarantees voting rights to all American males of all races.
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
They were elected to the Generally Assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
The term “carpetbaggers” refers to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, during Reconstruction.
What did the name scalawags mean?
Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the Civil War or who joined with the black freedman and the carpetbagger in support of Republican Party policies.
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
The Ku Klux Klan
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
It was one of the most disputed.
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To stop blacks from voting.
What is segregation?
The separation of whites and blacks in public areas.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
They were statutes enacted by Southern States and municipalities.
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
It upheld them.
What was an exoduster?
African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late 19th century.
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
