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4.3 Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carpetbaggers | Northerners who liked participate in state conventions. |
| Scalawags | Scoundrels who supported the Unions cause. |
| Enforcement Acts | To stop violence against African Americans. |
| Redeemers | Supporters, for the South, of white-controlled governments |
| Ku Klux Klan | Group of terrorists that attacked African Americans. |
| Panic of 1873 | Economic Depression |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Stopped the public places from discriminating African Americans. |
| Samuel J. Tilden | A Democrat of New York. |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | A Republican of Ohio. |
| Compromise of 1877 | An agreement to withdrawal the federal troops from the South. |
| How did Reconstruction affect the lives of African Americans? | African Americans education and literacy expanded greatly. African Americans became more involved in politics. |
| What groups formed a Republican alliance in the South during Reconstruction? | The Ku Klux Klan |
| How did Congress respond to violence against African Americans? | They made the Enforcement Acts |
| What historical era came to end in 1877? | The Reconstruction of the South came to an end. |