Part 5 Flashcards
Southern Sates adopted laws that restricted black civil rights and kept them from voting. List two things about the Black Code.
1) Literacy Tests 2) Poll Tax
He was the 17th President during 1865-69. He removed a public official without the consent of the senate. He was the 1st President to be impeached but not removed from office
Andrew Johnson
A landowner rented land to farmer along with a crude shack, some tools and perhaps a mule. The foamer paid rent by giving anywhere from 1/2 to 2/3 of their crops to the landowner. They only had a little to sell.
Sharecropping
1868 it gave Black Americans equal rights and protection
14th Amendment
Divided the South into 5 military districts with general governing each district. Congress required Southern states to pass the 14th amendment to come back to the Union.
Reconstruction Act of 1867
The Goal of them was to restore Democrat control in the South. They flogged lynched, terrorized Blacks and White Republicans in the South.
Ku Klux Klan
He was the 18th President 1869-1877 Republican. He was the commanding General for the Union and then President. He signed Civil Right laws but appointed corrupt cabinet members which ruined his presidency.
Ulysses S. Grant
In 1870 it prohibited the states form denying any person the right to vote because of race, color, or previous servitude.
15th Amendment
Where did Lincoln get assassinated?
The Ford’s Theatre