Chapter 17 Flashcards
The period of reconstruction after the civil war is known as?
Reconstruction
Define amnesty
A pardon
Who was the leader of the radical Republicans
Charles Sumter
What government agency helped free African Americans by distributing food, clothing, and establishing schools.
Freedman’s Bureau
Who was accused of assassinating President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
What did President Johnson rename his construction plan?
Restoration
Explain what black codes are
Laws passed to control freed African Americans, allowed former plantation owners to exploit former slaves, seen as slavery disguised
What act overturned the black codes of 1866
The Civil Rights act of 1866
Which Southern State went along with congress and was the first to be readmitted into the country
Tennessee
What act did Congress pass to limit the power of the president
Tenure of office act
Who did Andrew Johnson remove from office in violation of the tenure of office act
Secretary of War Stanton
After Johnson’s term in office who was elected President
Ulysses S Grant
Define Scalawag
Means scoundrel or worthless rascal
Define carpetbagger
Northerners who moved South with carpet bags
Name two African American Men who served in the Senate during reconstruction
Hiram Revels and Blanche K Bruce
Who was Grants opponent for President in 1872
Horace Greeley
Who founded the Ku Klux Klan in 1866
Nathan. Forest
Define the Ku Klux Klans “midnight rights “
Burned crosses in yards as a warning to African Americans and anyone who helped them
Why did laws passed by congress to control the Ku Klux Klan have little effect
Many southerners refused to testify against the KKK members
In which states did the Democrats regain power quickly due to a large white population
Va and NC
How did the panic of 1873 last?
1873 -1879
Who did the Republicans run for Their Presidential Candidate for the 1876 election
Rutherford B Hayes
Who was the democrats presidential nominee for the 1876 election
Samuel Tilden
During the 1876 election, which 4 states sent in disputed electoral votes
Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon
Which compromise between Republicans and Democrats led to Hayes being accepted as president
Compromise of 1877
Who were the Bourbon Democrats
Some large land holders and others that controlled the South before the civil war
Why did the Southern Democrats call themselves redeemers
Because they saved the south from Republican Rule
Farmers who rented their land, equipment and home from the landholder were known as what?
Sharecroppers
What were cash crops
Crops grown for money not for food
In what four industries did Southern economy grow after the civil war
Textile mills, lumber mills, tobacco, iron and steel
In which Southern states were public schools to be integrated
La, Fl, and SC
What actor portrayed a character named “Jim Crow”
Thomas D Rice
What Supreme Court decision upheld the legality of segregation in the South as long as there were separate but equal facilities
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Name the extreme form of violence used against people where a mob would attack, torture, and then hang an individual for a perceived crime
Lynching
