Chapter18 Flashcards
What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding the former confederate states
Compare Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Lincoln’s 10% plan- as soon as 10% of state voters pledged loyalty to the Union, a new state government could be formed
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans to make the transition to freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fords theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John w. 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
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Gave full citizenship to anyone born in the us including a-a
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave a-a men the right to vote
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800’s?
Served in the states general assembly, states senate and representative
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to the south during the reconstruction
What did the name scalawags mean?
Former confederates to describe some white southerners that were pro union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
Ku klux klan
