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.
Lincolns plan was more forgiving to the south
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford’s Theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
The Petersen House
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
It abolished slavery in 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave citizenship to anyone in the US
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Allowed African American men to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the states assembly, senate, and representatives
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south to find wealth by bringing industry
What did the name scalawags mean?
A name former confederates used to describe some white Southerners that were pro 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?
He had more electoral votes, but less popular votes than Tilden
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
To keep African Americans from voting
What is segregation?
Separation from the races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required segregation in public places
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
It was legal as long as it was separate and equal
What was an exoduster?
African Americans that left the South after that war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
