Reconstruction and the New South (Chapter 12) Flashcards
president, made the Ten Percent Plan to get the south to rejoin the union
Abraham Lincoln
enslaved people who had been freed by the war
Freedman
killed Abe Lincoln at a play
John Wilkes Booth
helped south rejoin the union and be apart of congress
Andrew Johnson
new laws used by southern states to control African Americans
Black Codes
African American who served in the U.S. House of Representatives
Hiram Revels
southern whites who had opposed secession
Scalawag
northern white who went south to start businesses or pursue political careers
Carpetbagger
the bringing of formal charges against a public official
Impeachment
personal tax to be paid before voting
Poll Tax
a test to see if a person can read or right
Literacy Test
African American who was arrested for sitting in a “White Only” couch
Homer Plessy
laborer who works the land for the farmer who owns it, in exchange for a share of the value of the crop
Sharecropper
slave states that did not secede
Border State
type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens rights are suspended
Martial Law
general who took risks and took control of most of the Mississippi River
Ulysses S. Grant
free
Emancipate
constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
Habeas Corpus
a tough general who advanced towards Atlanta
William Tecumseh Sherman
all out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, its resources, and its people’s will to fight
Total War
meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide
Popular Sovereignty
withdraw
Secede
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about an abused slave
Harriet Beecher Stowe
false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause
Propaganda
