Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction
Rebuilding the former confederate states and readmitting them to union
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln 10 percent plan forgiving on the south and going to the south to bring industry to the region, and the republican wanted to punish the south
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African American make the transition to freedom
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Fords theater to the Petersen house across the street
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?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the us including a-a in 1886
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave a-a men that right to vote in 1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
American that served in the states general assembly, state Benoit and representatives
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses s. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that move to the south during reconstruction
What did the name scalawags mean?
Former confederate to describ some white southerners that were pro union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
The ku klux klan
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
Electoral notes
