reconstruction Flashcards
lincols plan
ten percent plan. specified that a southern state could be readmitred into the union once 10 percent of its voters
johnsons plan
secession, abolishes slavery, repudiated confed debts
black codes
laws passed by southern states after civil war which targeted AAs rights
KKK
group of AA terrorists who committed awful crimes towards blacks and protested their freedom
10% requirement
abes plan
radical repubs
faction of politicians that were repubs until the end of the reconstruction
andrew johnson
17 pres. became pres at time of lincols assasination
13 14 14 amends
slavery illegal
states cant take away rights withour due process
all men can vote no matter what color
impeachment
can remove pres from office if accused of unlawful activity
carpetbaggers
a northern who mived to the south after the war during reconstruction
scalawags
southern whites who suppored reconstructions “traders”
comp of 1877
purported informal unwritted deal that settled 1876 us election. resulted in national gov pulling troops from south
aftermath of civ war
bad. ruined.