Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former confederate states and re admitting them to the Union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
the Radical Republican Plan was a plan to harsher readmission process
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African American make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
An Ford’s Theater in Washington DC
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Peterson Houses
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendmen
Abolish slavery in 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the US.including African American’s in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendmen
Gave African American men the rights to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the state’s general assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S.Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south during Reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry to the region
What did the name scalawags mean?
Name used by former Confederates to describe some white southerners that were pro-Union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
The Ku Klux Klan
