Chapter 18 Flashcards
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincolns plan-forgiving the south
Radical republicans plan-wanted a harsher readmission process
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped africans make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords theater washington d.c.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John wilkes booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
The peterson house across the street from fords theater
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slaver 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.A including africans in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave africans the right to vote in 1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the states general assembley state senate and representatives
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses s. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northernors that moved to the south during reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry to the region
What did the name scalawags mean?
Name used by former Confederates to describe some white southernors that were pro-union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
KKK
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
Wins with more electoral votes than popular votes than tilden
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
Requirments for voting in many southernstates to keep africans from voting
What is segregation?
Seperation of the races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required africand and whites to be seperated in almost every public place
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Said sergragation was legal as long as it was seperate and equal
What was an exoduster?
Africans that left the south after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin “pop” singleton
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former Confederate states and readmitting them to the union
