23 terms

AP US History ch.17-18

Lincoln Plan
Former Confederate states would be readmitted to the Union if 10% of their citizens took a loyalty oath and the state agreed to ratify the 13th Amendment which outlawed slavery. Not put into effect because Lincoln was assassinated.
Johnson Plan
A plan that gave pardon to all those who took loyalty oaths. It punished plantation owners and forced states to abolish slavery before readmittance.
Black Codes
Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
Congressional Plan
one vote per district of state and winner of popular vote in the state would get 2 extra votes for that state
Tenure of Office Act
required the president to secure consent of the Senate before removing appointees once they had been approved
southern whites who supported republican policy throught reconstruction
Carpet Baggers
name given to Southerners allied with northern Republicans who came south to take part in the region's political and economic rebirth.
Freedmen's Bureau
Hayes-Tilden Compromise of 1877
presidential election in which Hayes is elected because he says he will remove the troops from the south that are there to protect freedmen.
Jim Crow
Laws written to separate blacks and whites in public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government
Plessy vs. Ferguson
a case that was brought to supreme court by black lawsuits to challenge the legality of segregation. The court ruled that segregation was legal as long as it was "equal"
Chivington Massacre
1864 massacre, where Colonel John Chivington and his militia slaughtered more than 200 cheyenne men, women, and children, who were trying to surrender
Buffalo Soldiers
Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
Battle of Little Bighorn
Dawes Act
Wounded Knee
Pacific Railway Act
Homestead Act
In 1889, people who illegally claimed land by sneaking past government officials before the land races began
A rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; a source of wealth or prosperity; a very large amount; sudden profit or gain