A | B |
Radical Republicans | wanted to punish the south after the Civil War |
10% Plan | Lincoln's effort to quickly reunify the north and south |
13 amendment | permanently abolished slavery |
14 amendment | prohibited states from denying equal rights under law to any American |
15 Amendment | right to vote for black men |
Compromise of 1877 | Hayes election in 1876 led to this |
federal troops | Compromise of 1877 led to the removal of these from the South |
Reconstruction | period of putting the country back together |
Jim Crow | period that began when troops left the south and segragation prevailed |
South | region left embittered and devastated after civil war |
North and West | benefited economically during and after Civil War |
Transcontinental Railroad | intensified westward movement, build by Chinese and Irish Immigrants |
Homestead Act of 1862 | free land to anyone who would live on it and farm it |
Southerners and African Americans | moved west to get free land |
cities | had plenty of work but terrible living conditions |
subway system | mass transportation in cities |
Ellis Island | where immigrants enter US |
Chiniese Exclusion Act (1882) | passed to keep asians workers out of US |
Immigration Exclusion Act (19210 | passed to limit immigration to US |