Chapter 18- The Reconstruction Era Flashcards
Compares Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with Radical Republican plan.
10% Plan: wanted to forgive the south
Radical Republicans: wanted a harsher readmission process.
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Angency that helped African Americans make the transition to freedom.
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford’s theather in Washington D.C.
Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wikes
What buliding was the location where Lincoln got died?
Peterson House
Who becomes the 17th president of the United States?
Andrew Johnson.
What was the significance of the 13th Amendement?
Abolished slavery in 1865
What was the signifiance of the 14th Amendement?
Full citizenship to anyone born in the US/ i cluding the A-A’s in 1886.
What was the signifiance of the 15th Amendement?
gave the A-A’s men the right to vote in 1870.
What did the 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the states general assembly.
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysess S. Grant
What were the carprtbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south during the reconstruction to find wealth by bringing industry tp the region.
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuliding the former confederate states readmitting them to the Union.
