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.
As soon as 10 percent of the states pledged loyalty they could join the union
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Helped African Americans to transition to their new life style
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords theater in Washington DC
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Both
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Petersen 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 any African American citizenship
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave Africa American rights to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the states general assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
People that moved from the north to the south to bring industry
What did the name scalawags mean?
People that fought for the union in the civil war
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
The kkk
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
Either wins the election with more electoral ones but less popular votes then tide
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
Test that were added to prevent African American from voting
What is segregation?
Separation of the races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Whites colored people be separated in public
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Said segregation was legal as long as it was equal
What was an exoduster?
African American who left the south after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Tennessean Benjamin pap
