reconstruction era Flashcards
What were the two main goals of reconstruction?
Rebuild the South and reunite the country
What was the 13th Amendment
Ended slavery in the country
What was the 14th Amendment
Equal rights for all citizens
What was the 10% plan?
Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction which required 10% of Southern Voters
Dred Scott VS Sanford
The Supreme court case which decided the slaves are not citizens but are property
Emancipation Proclamation
attempted to free all of the slaves in the Southern states
Wade-Davis Bill
What was the name of the plan proposed by two members of congress sin response to Lincoln’s plan
Who became the president after Lincoln was assassinated (killed)?
Andrew Johnson
What was the full name of the group formed in 1866 that used intimidation and fear to keep African Americans from having rights?
Klu Klux Klan
Who wrote the Reconstruction acts?
The Radical Republicans
Who was elected president in 1868; his presidency was filled with scandal and corruption
Ulysses S. Grant
What is a carpetbagger?
The name of a Northerner who went to the South during reconstruction.
What is a Scalawag?
Uncomplimentary (not good) name of white southerners who tried to help newly free African Americans in the South during Reconstruction.
What was the compromise of 1877?
It ended the the time period of Reconstruction.
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
The laws that segregated blacks and whites.
