Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former Confederate States and readmitting them to the Union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln’s 10% plan- as soon as 10% of state voters pledged loyalty to the Union, a new state government could be formed
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom and helped them get an education
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
The 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, including African Americans in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave African American men the right to vote in 1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the State’s general assembly, State Senate and Representative
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the South during Reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry to the region
What did the name scalawags mean?
Used by formers Confederates to describe 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?
He had more electoral votes, but less popular votes than Tilden
What were the purposes of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To keep African Americans from voting
What is segregation?
Separation of the races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place in the south
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Said segregation was legal as long as it was separate and equal
What was an exoduster?
African Americans that left the South after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
