Chapter 18 Flashcards
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Both readmission for south but republican was harsher
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Help for african americans make transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford’s 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?
Abolished slavery in 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave A-A right to vote in1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in states general assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northeners move to south for wealth by bringing industry to it
What did the name scalawags mean?
Some white southerners that were pro union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
Ku klux klan
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
Less popular votes
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To keep A-A from voting
What is segregation?
Seperation of races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Required whites and african americans to be seperated in almost every public place
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Segregation was legal as long as it was equal
What was an exoduster?
A-A’s that left south after war
Benjamin Singelton
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding of former confederate states into the Union
