Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Time after civil war, bringing south back to Union, and reconstructing it
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincolns forgiving on south, Radical tough
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Helped Africans get jobs and education
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
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?
Freed all slaves
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in US
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave voting rights to A-As
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
People who moved to south to promote industry
What did the name scalawags mean?
Anyone who was a Southerner and was pro Union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
Ku Klux Klan
