Reconstruction Flashcards
supported reconstruction
scalawags
Where Andrew Johnson was a slave holder
Tennessee
northers that were eager to participate in state conventions
carpetbaggers
equal citizenship
14th
right to vote
15th
these laws were intended to legalize discrimination based on race
Jim Crow Laws
limited African Americans and put restrictions on their everyday and hinder them from obtaining economic prosperity
Black Codes
aid to millions of southerners left homeless and hungry by the war; educated African Americans
freedoms bureau
putting the United States back together post WW1
reconstruction
court case that determined the separate but equal was the proper way or explain how segregation should work
Plessy vs. Ferguson
court case overturned the ruling of Separate but equal
Brown vs. Board of Education