Who were the radical Republicans
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
"seperate but equal' basically allowed legalized segragation for the next 60 yrs
Johnson's plan
African americans should be garenteed equal rights only if individual states wanted to grant them to freedem
What was the freedmens bureau
1) Assisted former slaves 2) Poor whites in south (giving them clothes) 3) Set up more than 40 hospitals
Radical Republicans plan
1) Fed. Gov. active in changing south politics 2) destroy pwr of former slave holders 3) Africans given the right to vote
14th amendment
1868, anyone born here or become a citizen you then have full rights
13th amendment
1865, abolish slavery
Order of presidents in this chapter
Abraham, johnson, grant, hayes
who is Hiram Revels
Hiram R. Revels is the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Hiram R. Revels was born on September 27, 1827, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Revels was a minister who, in 1870, became the first African-American United States senator, representing the state of Mississippi.
Who assasinated abraham lincoln? Where
John Wilks booth, fords theatre
what are scalawags and carpetbaggers?
Scalawag: a white southerner who joined the republican party after the civil war Carpetbaggers: a northerner who moved to the south after the civil war
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level.
Lincolns plan
Ten Percent plan- it was a plan that made it possible for states to reinerate if 10% of 1860 voter took an oath of alligiance to support the emancipation
what was the tenure of office act?
Tenure of Office Act, in U.S. history, measure passed on Mar. 2, 1867, by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson; it forbade the President to remove any federal officeholder appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate without the further approval of the Senate.
Who were the radical republicans?
Theadus stevens, wade davis bill; The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites.
what was the compromise of 1877
a series of congressional measures under which the democrats agreed to accept hayes as pres even though he has lost the popular vote. the measures included the withdrawl of federal troops from southern states, federal money for improving southern infrastucuture and appointment of a conservatice southern cabinate member
tenant farming
a system in which farm workers supply there own tools and rent farm/land for cash
sharecropping
a system in which landowners give farm workers land, seeds and tools in return for a part of the crops raise
what was important about the supreme court cases involving reese and slaughterhouse
all these cases took all the amendments and where we were as a country one step back for example the slaughterhouse they decided was granted b/c of one's citezens ship in a state so it was the "states right"
what is "amnesty"?
an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses
Why was president johnson impeached? Was he convicted?
he violated the tenure of office act but was not convicted
Panic of 1873 - how did it effect the economy
it changed the gold standard - the long depression
what did redemption mean for the south
it restored the southern build for the south which in return came the jim crow laws
What were the black codes?
it was a discriminatory law passed about what blacks cant do like carry guns, marry whites, travel without permits, testify against whites
Why did hayes win the election?
it was basically a tie and they gave it to him
15th amendment
prohibits the denial of voting rights to the people because of there race or color or cause they were slaves
What kind of jobs did africans do after the war
sharecropping, tenant farming
What was the Ku Klux Klan? What were their main goals?
they were people against the republicans, it was first formed to make blacks stop voting but it soon turned into hate and wanting to kindve end other races of colr