Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the south and resetting them into the union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincolns plan was much forgiving but the republicans wanted a much harsher entry
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Helped African Make there way to 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?
Gave citizenship to people born in the US
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave African American men the right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Severed in the states general assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that brought work to the south
What did the name scalawags mean?
What southerners called others that liked the union instead of confederacy
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
KKK
