Chapter 16 (Recontruction) Flashcards
Person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The bringing of formal changes against a public official
Impeachment
Laws used by southern states to control African Americans
Black codes
Term for white southern Republicans who opposed secession
Scalawag
Name given to northern whites who went south to start businesses or to pursue political careers during Reconstruction
Carpetbagger
Separation of people of different races
Segregation
Personal Tax to be paid before voting
Poll tax
People who farmed rented land in return for a share of crop profits
Sharecroppers
Test that showed that they could read and explain part of the Constitution
Literacy test
Said all people born in the United States are citizens and their rights cant be taken away
14th amendment
This banned slavery and forced labor
13th amendment
this barred states from denying African Americans the right to vote
15th amendment
This barred the mixing of races in almost all aspects of life
Jim Crow Laws
Men and women who had been slaves
Freedmen
The assassination of Lincoln dashed hopes for a ________ plan for Reconstruction
Lenient