Chapter 18 Flashcards
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln’s plan is to make it were 10% of each state’s population has to pledge loyalty to the union and the radials republicans wanted to make it harsher
What is Reconstruction?
Where u rebuild something
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Were they help out freed African Americans so they could get up on their feet but the bureau was not strong enough to help.
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford’s theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
Jon Wikes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Peterson’s house
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full membership to anyone born in the United States of America
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave African Americans the right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
They were able to serve for TN
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
People who down from the north to start industries in the south
What did the name scalawags mean?
People who were loyal to the union during the civil war
What was the largest terrorist group in America that was against African-American rights?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)