8 Teen 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.
Lincolns 10% plan-10% of state voters pledged loyalty to the union
Radical republican- 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?
Fords theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes booth.
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?
Abolish slavery in 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the us including A-As men the rights to vote in 1870
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave Africa American men the right to vote 1870
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
What did the name scalawags mean?
White southerners that were pro union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
KKK) 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 AA”S from voting
What is segregation?
Separation of the races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required AAs and whites to be separated
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Races could be spilt but it has to be equal
What was an exoduster
A-As that have left the south
