FINAL

History 225 with Guerrier at James Madison University

About this deck

By: stacey nisenson
Textbook:

Historical Viewpoints: Notable Articles from American Heritage, Volume 1 (9th Edition)

Historical Viewpoints: Notable Articles from American Heritage, Volume II (9th Edition)

These United States: The Questions of Our Past, Concise Edition, Volume 2 (4th Edition)
Created: 2010-04-30
Size: 79 flashcards
Views: 43

About StudyBlue

STUDYBLUE makes things that make you better at school. Things like online flashcards with photos and audio. Things like personalized quizzes and friendly reminders about when (and what) to study next. Think of it as a digital backpack™: access to all of your study materials online and on your phone. STUDYBLUE exists to make studying efficient and effective for every student, for free. Join us.

“Simply amazing. The flash cards are smooth, there are many different types of studying tools, and there is a great search engine. I praise you on the awesomeness.”
Dennis

Sign up (free) to study this.

Henry hallack

top Yankee commander

Battle at bull run

Lincoln will dump Sherman and replace with George McClellan

Sherman

who is tied to grant

George McClellan

superior organizer, overly cautious and claim that he needs more time and stuff before he can launch an event

Peninsular campaign

rebel capital in site

Robert e lee

take command of northern Virginia

John pope

commander of Yankee army and two sides meet at second battle of Manassas bull run

Joe hooker

replaced Burnside and commanded 130,000 hookers plan was a good one which made lee march force to meet hooker in Chancellorsville

Vicksburg

on the Mississippi last 2 confederate strongholds

George picket

pickets charge is a disaster and barely half will survive and reform division

George Thomas

like stonewall and Yankees are pushed back to Chattanooga

Lookout mountain

and Yankees won control of Tennessee

Spotsylvania courthouse

the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House , fought May 8–21, 1864

Cold harbor

one of the final battles of Union Lt

Petersburg

Petersburg was a significant target during the Overland Campaign of Union General Ulysses S

John hood

was a Confederate general during the American Civil War

Atlanta

Johnston's Army of Tennessee withdrew toward Atlanta in the face of successive flanking maneuvers by Sherman's group of armies

Battle of Franklin

as fought on November 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee , as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War

Sherman?s march to the sea

the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted across Georgia during November-December 1864 by Maj.

Philip Sheridan

His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt

Freedmen?s bureau

It became a key agency during Reconstruction , assisting freedmen (freed ex- slaves ) in the South

Reconstruction

the south was restored to the union and the nation returned to peacetime pursuits and realtions

Thirteenth amendment

officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude , except as punishment for a crime

Freedmen

is a former slave who has been released from slavery , usually by legal means

Freedmen’s bureau

It became a key agency during Reconstruction , assisting freedmen (freed ex- slaves ) in the South

Ten percent plan

It decreed that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10 percent of voters had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S.

Radical republicans

had been opposed to slavery during the war, and after the war supported equal rights for freedmen (the newly freed slaves), such as measures ensuring the right to vote ; passage of the Reconstruction Acts , and reduced rights for ex- Confederates

William Seward

as the 12th Governor of New York , United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson .

Andrew Johnson

was the 17th President of the United States (1865?1869), and the last independent president.

Black codes

govern free population, incorporate African Americans into states law, slaves could not legally marry, free into state law, place legal resuming on freedom, restrict property ownership, prohibit African Americans from owning agriculture land, require freedom to be annual labor contracts, provide labor for big plantation owners

Joint committee on reconstruction

radicals set it up, much harder line on south, gaining control over reconstruction policy

Military reconstruction act

scraps existing southern state governments, each southern state has new constitution that includes universal male suffrage, all adult males get to vote and ratify 14 th amendment, south be divided into 5 districts each under command of Yankee general and placed under military government

Command of the army act

keep president Johnson from interfering, army is running districts, keep president from messing with army, president has to sent order to chief of army

Tenure of office act

got to be confirmed, senates approval to be secretary of state, approval of senate to get job and to be fired, protect the job of secretary of war Edwin Stanton big role in military reconstruction and prevent Johnson from firing

Second reconstruction act

directs the generals in charge of districts register to vote all males in their district

Third reconstruction act

aimed at registrars if any state official gets in the way of a legitimate request to vote then the generals can fire and replace the officials

Impeachment

house will vote this of president, house will present charges and tried before senate, Johnson survived conviction by a single vote and removed from office

Fifteen amendment

ban the denial of right to vote on the basis of race

Carpetbaggers

northern who come south and take part in reconstructioners and entreanupres, teachers and preachers, help acclimate freedman population

Scalawags

native white southern republicans, support republican party

Ku Klux Klan

palixi Tennessee, fraternal organization, young confederates was practical jokes and harassments against African Americans and republicans and evolve as an organization as intimidation and extremely brutal violence

Force acts

outlaw the ku Klux Klan and provide laws against people who try to disrupt people voting

Redemption

the south is being defeated by Yankees

Us grant

elected president in 1872 despite many scandals

Rutherford b hays

republican Samuel j Tilden democrat and both of these guys were reformers

Electoral commission

examine the results from the 3 disputed states

New south

a phrase that has been used intermittently since the American Civil War to describe the American South , in whole or in part

Henry Grady

was a journalist and orator who helped reintegrate the states of the former Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War

Sharecropping

a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land (e.g., 50% of the crop).

Tenant farming

one who resides on and farms land owned by a landlord .

Crop lien system

a credit system that became widely used by farmers in the United States in the South from the 1860s to the 1920s

Bourbons

a term used in the United States from 1876 to 1904 to refer to a conservative or classical liberal member of the Democratic Party , especially one who supported President Grover Cleveland in 1884?1888/1892-1896 and Alton B.

Disfranchisement

may occur when certain groups are not properly registered to vote, either on purpose or because of serious technical (computer) problems.

Segregation

included the racial segregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines

Poll tax

a discriminatory tax that is a pre-condition of the exercise of the ability to vote

Literacy test

the context of United States political history, refers to the government practice of testing the literacy of potential citizens at the federal level, and potential voters at the state level

Understanding clause

protected the voting rights of white people who were unable to pay the tax or pass the literacy test.

Grandfather clause

an exception that allows an old rule to continue to ? Civapply to some existing situations, when a new rule will apply to all future situations

White primary

were primary elections in the Southern States of the United States of America in which any non-White voter was prohibited from participating

Jim crow laws

were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965.

Civil rights cases 1883

were a group of five similar cases consolidated into one issue for the United States Supreme Court to review.

Ferguson

a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations (particularly railroads), under the doctrine of "separate but equal"

Separate but equal

was a legal doctrine in United States Constitutional law that justified systems of segregation .

Plessey vs. Ferguson

Ida b wells

African American women in Memphis, first women to become editor of major newspaper, launch editorial campaign

Thomas fortune

civil rights leader, one day there will be an African empire

Afro American league

Thomas fortune created, for runner to the naacp, appose segregation and disfranchisement

Pap singleton

recommended that African Americans migrate to Canada or back to Africa movement

Henry turner

will in 1894 make the international migration society

International migration society

try to make it possible for African Americans to move back to Africa and will help with traveling and provide boats

Jc price

made citizens equal rights association

Citizens equal rights association

civil right movement, launch petition drives and organize voters, organize strikes and boycotts and public demonstrations

Web Dubois

first African American that earned a phd from Harvard

Booker t Washington

prominent individual black leader

Tusgee institute

Washington founded this in Alabama, vocational school, highly displicned education, trained for trade

Atlanta compromise

Washington spoke here, proclaim as the loyalty of African Americans to the south

force acts