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AH1 M8L2 Key Terms 1
American History 1 Module 8 Lesson 2 Key Terms 1
Term | Definition |
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Wade-Davis Bill | Stated that Congress, not the President, was responsible for Reconstruction. |
Republican | One of the two main political parties in the United States, Abraham Lincoln was a member of this party. |
Reconstruction Act of 1867 | Divided former Confederacy into five military districts, required elections in which black males could vote. |
Reconstruction | Political plan to bring the United States back together after the Civil War. |
Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction | Would pardon Confederate states if 10% promised loyalty and would allow Confederate officers to run for political positions after they promised loyalty. |
Ku Klux Klan | Formed to keep blacks from being equal politically, socially, and economically through the use of violence. |
Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction | Majority of people had to promise loyalty, did not want Confederate officers to come back into Union. |
Jim Crow Laws | Established segregation to keep the races apart. |
Grandfather Clause | Blacks could only vote if their grandfather was a free black and not a slave. |
Freedmen's Bureau | Provided schools to educate blacks and tried to help blacks find jobs. |
Democrat | One of the two main political parties in the United States, Andrew Johnson was a member of this party. |
Congress' Plan for Reconstruction | Majority of people had to promise loyalty, did not want Confederate officers running for political positions, military districts would be set up in the South. |
Confederacy | The southern states who seceded from the Union in February 1861 and formed the Confederate States of America. |
Civil Rights Act of 1866 | Established citizenship for black males and guaranteed them equal rights. |
Black Codes | Established to deny blacks rights, like voting. |
Andrew Johnson | Democratic Vice President when Abraham Lincoln was President, became President when President Lincoln was assassinated. |
Abraham Lincoln | A republican, elected as President of the United States in the election of 1860. |
Fifteenth Amendment | Established the right to vote to all male citizens, including black males, regardless of race or previous condition of servitude. |
Fourteenth Amendment | Defined citizenship, established due process, established equal protection under the law. |
Confederate | A word used to describe anything associated with the Southern States making up the Confederacy, for example, "The Confederate Army" or "a Confederate soldier". |