Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former confederate states
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
10% of a state must pledge to the union
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agencency to help A-A to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford’s theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilks Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
The Peatersens Home
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 full citizenship to anyone born in the U.S
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave A-A the right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Allowed them to be apart of the gov
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysess S Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners who moved to the south to aid the reconstruction
What did the name scalawags mean?
Used by southeners to call on pro union supporters
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
The K.K.K or Ku Klux Klan
