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AM HIST 5 Class Note
AM HIST 5 Class Notes
Term | Definition |
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15 admenment | guarantees right to all am males to vote regardless of race: who will enforce the law; a law is only good if t is enforced |
Southern Republicianep Govt. (congressional reconstruction) | US Army occupied the south., they were making sure blacks civil rights were protected; result large percent of black voters and elected officials |
Scalawag | negative term used to describe native white southern who supported rep rule in the south |
Carpet Baggers | negative term used to describe northerners who came to the south to help republican rule of the south |
Decline of Republican Popularity | republicans needed more money to offer assistance to Freedmen; started to raise taxes; problem: south was already in poverty, now the gov wanted more tax money; republicans lost popularity in the south (even among some blacks) |
Counter Reconstruction | Violence common in the south after the rep govtments lost influence; the north lost interest in maintaing strong military presences in the south; The KKK became active in most southern states |
KU KLUX Klan | Origin: unknown probably soon after the end of the civil war; |
KKK Original Goal | Club for former soldiers to drink and remember the good old days. |
KKK Later | Became a group dedicated to scaring and intimiting African Americans. |
KKK | Did not use the Confederate flag; Who was going to stop them? |