unwritten deal arranged among Congress that settled the1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and ending the Reconstruction Era.

Supreme Court case that allowed for segregation laws "(separate but equal")

Racist white supremacist terrorist organization that first arose in the South after the end of the Civil War. Opposed the dismantling of slavery and sought to keep African Americans in a permanent state of subjugation to whites.

Reconstruction Amendments

13th- Ended slavery in the United States 14th- defined citizenship, guaranteed due process and equal protection for all citizens, including African-Americans. 15th- Gives African-Americans the right to vote (applied to men only)

Reconstruction clashes

Andrew Johnson wants to allow the South back into the Union and allow them to determine former slave rights Radical Republicans fight for the rights of former slaves

Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.

Other forms of African-American oppression

Grandfather clauses - said that a man could only vote if his ancestor had been a voter before 1867—but the ancestors of most African-Americans citizens had been enslaved and constitutionally ineligible to vote. Poll Taxes- tax/fee in voting booths

Reconstruction agency that provided food, shelter, water, aid, education, and job training to newly freed slaves and their families.

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Reconstruction Era

Term	Definition
Compromise of 1877	unwritten deal arranged among Congress that settled the1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and ending the Reconstruction Era.
Plessy Vs. Ferguson	Supreme Court case that allowed for segregation laws "(separate but equal")
Ku Klux Klan	Racist white supremacist terrorist organization that first arose in the South after the end of the Civil War. Opposed the dismantling of slavery and sought to keep African Americans in a permanent state of subjugation to whites.
Reconstruction Amendments	13th- Ended slavery in the United States 14th- defined citizenship, guaranteed due process and equal protection for all citizens, including African-Americans. 15th- Gives African-Americans the right to vote (applied to men only)
Reconstruction clashes	Andrew Johnson wants to allow the South back into the Union and allow them to determine former slave rights Radical Republicans fight for the rights of former slaves
Black Codes	Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
Other forms of African-American oppression	Grandfather clauses - said that a man could only vote if his ancestor had been a voter before 1867—but the ancestors of most African-Americans citizens had been enslaved and constitutionally ineligible to vote. Poll Taxes- tax/fee in voting booths
Freedmen's Bureau	Reconstruction agency that provided food, shelter, water, aid, education, and job training to newly freed slaves and their families.

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