Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
16 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
what is a carpetbagger
|
a northerner who went to the south after the war in order to participate in reconstruction
|
|
|
what is a scalawag?
|
white southerner who supported Radical Reconstruction
|
|
|
what are black codes?
|
laws that limited the freedom of freedmen
|
|
|
what is lynch
|
death by hanging without a trial
|
|
|
What was "Jim Crow?"
|
laws made to segregate whites and blacks.
|
|
|
What was sharecropping?
|
a system where landowners gave the farmers seed and tools and land to cultivate. the farmers had to give the owners a percentage of their crops.
|
|
|
When was the freedmans bureau established?
|
spring 1865
|
|
|
what was Andrew Johnson's years of presidency?
Why was he impeached? |
1865-1869
congress passed a law which prohibited presidents from firing staff w/o senate approval. in 1868 he fired his secretary. |
|
|
When was the Ku Klux Klan established?
|
1865
|
|
|
what year was grants election?
|
1869
|
|
|
what was the Panic of 1873?
|
a big depression when the stock market collapsed. it lasted for about 5 years
|
|
|
what was the 13th amendment and what year?
|
1865
slavery banned in USA |
|
|
what was the 14th amendment and what year?
|
1866
all people born in the USA, including former slaves but excluding Native Americans, are citizens with the same rights |
|
|
what was the 15th amendment and what year?
|
1870
citizens could not be prevented from voting based upon race, color, or former servitude |
|
|
Name 2 reconstruction acts
|
14th amendment must be ratified
voting rights go to all men |
|
|
Explain the compromise of 1877
|
*federal troops are removed from south
*Ohio governor would appoint a Democrat to his cabinet *Democrats would respect AA rights |
