Civil War and Reconstruction Flashcards
Jourdon Anderson
Aug 7 1865
Slave in the war
When past slave owner asked him to work for him he replied with “how can i be sure ill be treated well?”
Ten Percent Plan
1863
southern states to rejoin the unionf
Wade Davis Bill
1864
want to grant more rights to blacks
majority to become a state
Black Codes
granted some rights back to blacks, control blacks without actual slavery
Sharecropping
masters cannot handle not having slaves
free blacks and poor whites work for them
Radical Republicans
Thaddeus Stevens
wanted full equality
hated president Johnson
Reconstruction Amendments
13th abolish slavery 14th republicans pushed equal protection under the law 15th black men can vote whites find a way to go around it test, property
Union League
1892
Loyalty to Union
Loyalty to the policies of Abe Lincoln
West Point Code
Proportionality
military commanders were supposed to keep their own and not to kill as many opponents either
dont hurt civilians
Compromise of 1877
marks the end of reconstruction
takes federal troops out of the south
railroads between north and south
Ku Klux Klan
1866
Tennessee
Scared blacks from owning property
Threatened people