Reconstruction Flashcards
African American males suffrage
15th amendment
equal citizenship – even African Americans
14th amendment
president Johnson allowed this stage to over look the abolishment of slavery
Mississippi
northern republicans that were eager to participate in the state conventions
carpet naggers
southern whites who backed the union cause and supported reconstruction
scalawags
aid millions of southerners left homeless and hungry by the war—later used to educate African Americans
freedman bureau
Vice President took charge when Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
the president who replaced president Lincoln was a former slave holder from what state?
Tennessee
discriminate African Americans and prevent them from voting
literacy test & poll tax
intended to legalize discrimination based on race
Jim Crow laws
court case determined that “separate but equal” was the proper way of explaining how segregation should work
plessy vs. ferguson
court case overturned the ruling of “separate but equal”
brown vs. board
set of rules that limited African Americans
black codes