Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the south after war
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln forgiving
Republican harsh
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency to help A-As make a transition freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords Theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Peterson 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?
Full cite ship if born in USA
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave A-A right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in states general assembly,state senate, and Represntatives
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners who moved to the south
What did the name scalawags mean?
Name for white southerners who helped the union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
Kkk