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4.3 reconstruction
Question | Answer |
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Carpetbaggers | Northern republicans, who went to the South to benefit from Reconstruction |
Scalawags | White southerns that supported the North and the reconstruction. |
Enforcement Acts | Three laws that empowered the federal government to combat terrorism. |
Redeemers | Supporters of white controlled government. |
Ku Klux Klan | Secret white terrorist group formed to prevent African Americans from voting. |
Panic of 1873 | A serve economic depression. |
Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Prohibited businesses that served the public |
Samuel J Tilden | President candidate in the 1876 election. |
Rutherford B Hayes | The presidential candidate that won the election of 1876. |
Compromise of 1877 | If Hayes was accept into the president position it was agreed to pull all federal troops out of the south. |
How did Reconstruction affect the lives of African Americans? | Oppressed them in a way. |
What groups formed a Republican alliance in the South during Reconstruction? | The republican reliance. |
How did Congress respond to violence against African Americans? | Gave them the 14th and 15th amendment. |
What historical era came to end in 1877? | Reconstruction Era |