Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding south and readmitting into the union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
10 percent plan- very forgiving
Radical Republican- wanted very harsh readmission process
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans to tradition to being free
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords theatre
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Boothe
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 in 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Full citizenship to anyone born in the US - 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave right to vote to male African Americans in 1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in General Assembly, Senate, and representative
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that brought industry into south
What did the name scalawags mean?
People from the south that fought for union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
KKK
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
Had more electoral and less popular votes
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To keep African Americans from voting
What is segregation?
Separation of races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required African Americans and whites to be separated in public
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Said it was legal
What was an exoduster?
African Americans that left south after war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin Pap Singleton
