Chapter 18 Study Guide Flashcards
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln 10 percent plan was forgiving on the south and radical republicans wanted a barsher readmission process
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords Theater in Washington D.C
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?
Abolished slavery in 1865
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the U.S including A-A’s in 1866
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave A-A men the right to vote in 1870
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
They served in the states general assembly, state senate and representatives
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
What was unique about Rutherford B. Hayes’ victory in the Election of 1876?
Wins the election with more electoral votes, but less popular votes than Tilden
What were the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in many Southern states?
Were added as requirements for voting in many southern states to keep A-A’s from voting
What is segregation?
Seperation of the races
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that required A-A’s and whites to be seperated in almost every public place
What did the court case Plessy v Ferguson say about segregation?
Said segregation was legal as long as it was seperate and equal
What was an exoduster?
A-A’s that left the south after the war
Who was the Tennessean that helped lead a group of exodusters to Kansas?
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former confederate states and readmitting them to the union
