Unit 3 L3 Flashcards
This amendment gave African Americans citenzhip and equal protection under the law.
14TH AMENDMENT
This Amendment gave African Americans the Right to vote
15th AMENDMENT
laws written by Southern States that prevented freedmen (person of color) from voting, holding office serving on juries.
BLACK CODES
System of agriculture used in South where Farmers would give a portion of their crops to the landowner in exchange for use of land
SHARECROPPING
Landowner forces a worker to pay off a debt with work
DEBT PEONAGE
Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War to take advantage of the unstable social, financial and political climate.
CARPETBAGGER
First African American in Congress
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Time in the South (end of Reconstruction in 1877 through the early 20th Century) when racism in the country was at an all time high.
THE NADIR
plan by Abraham Lincoln to reintegrate the South after the end of the Civil War
10 PERCENT PLAN
Group of the Republican party who believed the South should be punished and African Americans be given full political rights. This group attempted to impeach (kick out) President Andrew Johnson from office due to his opposition to Republican reconstruction plan.
RADICAL REPUBLICANS
Laws passed in the South after Reconstruction that required racial segregation
JIM CROW LAWS