Politics
What is the 10% Plan
Lincoln's proposal for Southern states' reintegration post-war, required 10% of the state to pledge loyalty to the Union
What was the Fee required to vote, used to limit black men from voting
Poll Tax
What was the Grandfather Clause?
Exempted voters from literacy tests if ancestors voted.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolish (end) slavery
Who were Freedmen?
Formerly enslaved black Americans
Wade Davis Bill
Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction that required 50% of a state's 1860 voters to take an oath of allegiance to the Union, vetoed by Lincoln.
What were Laws restricting freedoms of African Americans post-Civil War.
Black Codes
Enforcement Act of 1870
passed by Congress to ban the use of terror, force, or bribery to prevent people from voting because of their race
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Granted citizenship and "equal" protection under law for all born in the US
Carpetbaggers
Northerners who moved South after the Civil War for political/economic gain.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
Mostly Northerners who opposed slavery and advocated for strong civil rights for black Americans.
Who was the White supremacist group opposing African American rights and used violence towards African Americans
KKK
What was the New South ideology?
It encouraged economic growth in the south through industrialization.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave Black men the right to vote
Who is Hiram Revels
the first African American member of the United States Senate ... Mississippi
What was the Civil Rights Act of A 1866?
Federal law granting citizenship to former slaves
Why were literacy tests, reading and writing tests given at the polls to qualify voters, given?
They were used to limit black men from voting because most black men could not read or write.
Who were the Solid South?
the electoral voting bloc of Southern States the supported the Democratic Party
Freedman's Bureau
Agency assisting freed slaves with education and employment.
Sharecroppers
Farmers who rented land, often in debt. Used to keep freedmen in a slave like state.