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4.3 reconstruction
4,3 reconstruction
Question | Answer |
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Carpetbaggers | Northern Republicans who moved to the South during Reconstruction. |
Scalawags | A name that former Confederates gave to southern Republicans during Reconstruction. |
Enforcement Acts | Three acts passed by Congress allowing the government to use military force to stop violence against southern African Americans. |
What is a Redeemers | Democratic supporters of white-controlled governments in the South during the 1870. |
Ku Klux Klan | A secret society created by former Confederates in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep Africans Americans form obtaining their civil rights. |
Panic of 1873 | U.S. economic depression that distracted the Republicans from Reconstruction efforts. |
Civil Rights Act of 1875 | A law that prohibited business that served the public from discriminating against African Americans. |
Samuel J Tilden | Was a Democrat running for president against Rutherford B. Hayes. |
Rutherford B Hayes | Was a Republican in New York of Ohio.. |
Compromise of 1877 | Agreement to settle disputed presidential election of 1876 Democrats agreed to accept Republican Rutherford as president in return for removal of federal troops from the South. |
How did Reconstruction affect the lives of African Americans? | It give them the same rights as a white male in U.S. |
What groups formed a Republican alliance in the South during Reconstruction? | Radical and moderate republicans. |
How did Congress respond to violence against African Americans? | They put troops in the South to help to save Americans and keep peace |
What historical era came to end in 1877? | The era of reconstruction of the South. |