Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the confederate states and readmitting them to the union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln forgiving but the other was wanting to punish the south
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped Africa American make the 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’s 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 in the US including the African American in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave African Americans man the right to vote in 1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served with states general assembly, state senate and representative
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses s. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northern s that made it to the south during the reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry to the south
What did the name scalawags mean?
Named used by former confederate to describe some white southern that were pro-union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
The KKK, the Ku Klux Klan
