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4.3 reconstruction
reconstruction of the south
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carpetbaggers | northern republicans who moved to the south during reconstruction |
| scalawags | name that former confederates gave to southern republicans during reconstruction |
| enforcment acts | three acts passed to allow military forces to stop violence against african americans |
| redeemers | democratic supporters of white-controlled goverments in the south |
| ku klux klan | secret society created by former confederates in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep african americans from obtaining their civil rights |
| panic of 1873 | U.S. economic depression that distracted the republicans from from recostruction efforts |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | law that prohibited buisnesses that served the public |
| Samuel J Tilden | he was a democrat for new york |
| Rutherford B Hayes | republican for ohio |
| Compromise of 1877 | it was a deal between leading republicans and southern democrats |
| How did Reconstruction affect the lives of African Americans? | they oppsed them |
| What groups formed a Republican alliance in the South during Reconstruction? | a republican alliance |
| How did Congress respond to violence against African Americans? | they used military forces |