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SFDS Chapter 17 3+4
SFDS Chapter 17 Sections 3 and 4 Decline of Reconstruction
| Key Item | Definition |
|---|---|
| 15th Amendment | Prohibited the state from denying the right to vote to anyone based on race, creed or previous condition of servitude. |
| Scalawags | Southern whites who supported Reconstruction. The term means scoundrel or worthless rascal. |
| Carpetbagger | Northern whites who moved to the South to help the Southerners and freed African Americans. Most were doctors, teachers and lawyers. Used suitcases made from old carpet to carry their stuff. |
| Integrate | To end separation of different races and bring equal membership in society. |
| Sharecropping | A system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop. |
| Ku Klux Klan | Formed in 1866. Organized to prevent freed men and women from excersizing their rights and to help whites regain power. Used scare tactics to keep African Americans from voting. |
| Education | The area in which the Freedman's Bureau had the most success. By 1870 more than 4,000 new schools had been created in the South. Also they were establishing places of higher education for the newly freed men and women. |
| Decline of Reconstuction | 1. Time for the South to solve its own problems. 2. Southern democrats were regaining control politically and economically. 3. Radical Republicans were disappearing. 4. Prejudice was growing in the North. 5. South tired of military rule. |
| Commission | A group of persons directed to perform some duty. |
| Poll Tax | A fee that people had to pay before voting. Aimed at keeping African Americans from voting. |
| Literacy Test | Voters would be given a part of the Constitution to read and interpret. If they did not read or interpret it correctly they were not allowed to vote. |
| Grandfather Clause | Because the Poll Tax and Literacy test kept poor white people from voting, they created the grandfather clause, if your grandfather voted before the Civil War, you were allowed to vote. |
| Segregation | The separation of the races. |
| Lynching | Killing someone by hanging. |
| Jim Crow Laws | The laws created by the southern states to keep the races separate. Created the segrated society in the South. |
| Election of 1876 | Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden. Electoral Votes are too close to declare a winner. Created a special commission to analyze the votes. Commission 7 Republicans, 7 Democrats, and 1 independent. Declared Hayes the winner. |
| Compromise of 1877 | Hayes can only be president if: 1. More aid is sent to the South and the army is removed. 2. South had to protect the rights of the African Americans. |
| Southern Industry | After the war the industry in the south boomed. Especially textile mills, tobacco and lumbering. Steel also became an important industry to rebuild the railroad system in the South. |
| Rural Economy | The South was caught in a cycle. They grew more cotton to pay back debt, then the price of cotton dropped because there was too much on the market. The south sank further into poverty and debt. |
| Reconstruction Impact | A success and a failure. Created a segregated society. Made the education system better, but yet did not make good on all the promises made to the African Americans. |
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Mrs. Hastings
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