Chaper 18✌️ Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former CSA
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
10% plan is more forgiving on the south than the radical republican plan
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Helped A-A’s 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 Petersen house
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Jonson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to any one born in the US
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave the A-A men right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in congress
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south to help the reconstruction
What did the name scalawags mean?
Southerners that fought for the union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
KKK
