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Chp. 8-9
Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South
| Term or Question | Definition or Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry Grady | Termed the idea "New South" |
| 13th Amendment | aboloished slavery |
| 14th Amendment | ensured due process of law for all citizens |
| 15th Amendment | gave all male citizens the right to vote |
| scalawag | term used to describe Southerners who supported Republicans |
| carpetbagger | notherners who moved south after the war |
| Ku Klux Klan | formed to keep freedmen from exercising their civil rights |
| Black Codes | designed to restrict the rights of freedmen; prevented them from voting, serving on juries, and testifying in court |
| King Cotton Diplomacy | Southern plan to try to get France and Great Britain to break the blockade so the South could sell its cotton |
| Fort Sumter | 1st battle of the Civil War |
| Anaconda Plan | Union plan to divide the Confederacy by capturing the Mississippi River |
| Andersonville | infamous Civil War prisoner of war camp located in southern GA |
| Alexander Stephens | Georgian elected VP of the Confederacy |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Bourbon Triumverate | Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, John B. Gordon |
| Freedmen's Bureau | designed to help newly freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War; provided clothing, food, education, etc. |
| Union Blocade | The Union plan to prevent the south from importing or exporting any goods. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Stated that unless the south surrendored all slaves in the confederacy would be free. Issued to help keep peace.Issued by President Lincoln |
| Battle of Atlanta | Sherman(Union) attacked Johnston(Confederate) and pushed him back to Atlanta, which caused Johnston to be replaced by Hood. Hood failed and the railroads were destroyed, causing atlanta to also be destroyed. |
| March to the Sea | Sherman moved from Atlanta to Savannah destroying all economic and military structures in his path. This ultimately seperated the confederate forces. |
| 3 important people that were born in the "New South" | Sidney Lanier, Charle Henry Smith, and Joel Chandler Harris |
| How Long was a school year in the "New South"? | 3 months |
| What organization formed co-ops? | Farmers Alliance |
| Feltons | Independent Democrats who were against the Bourbons. |
| The Goals of the Bourbons | Create stronger economic ties with the north, while keeping southern traditions; white supremacy. |
| Problems with the Convict Lease System | Rules were widely ignored, people worked the convicts to death, and many citizens lost their jobs to the convicts. |
| Henry McNeal Turner | He was the first black to be elected into the Georgia General Assembly |
| The Georgia Act | Returned Georgia to military control for the third time because Ku Klux Klan activities were increasing |
| Sharecropping | Owners of land provided workers with land, a house, and tools to farm. Usually had little to no money |
| Tenant farmers | Had their own supplies and usually made more money than sharecroppers |
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