click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
social
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was reconstruction | the period after the cicl war when the us rebuilt the south and addressed rights of formerly enslaved people |
| what was presidential reconstruction | a lenient plan that let southern states rejoin quickly and allowed many former confederates to regain power |
| what were black codes | southern laws that restricted freedom, rights, work, and movement of African Americans |
| what did the 1st reconstruction act of 867 do | divided the south into military districts and required protections for black voting rights |
| what did the 2nd reconstruction act do | required voter registration and kept many former confederates from voting on new state constitutions |
| what did the 3rd reconstruction do | strengthened military CONTROL and gave federal leaders more authority over reconstruction districts |
| what did the 13th amendment do | abolished slavery |
| 14 amendment do | granted citizenship and equal protection |
| 15th amendment do | protected mens voting rights regardless of race color or previous enslvement |
| what changed during radical reconstruction | black voting participation grew, and African Americans were elected to public office |
| who ran the election of 1868 | ulysses s grant, Horatio Seymour |
| what did grant support | reconstruction and federal protection of rights |
| who were the carpetbaggers | |
| scalawags | white southerners who supported republicans and reconstruction |
| what was white terrisom during reconstruction | groups such as KKK used threats and violence against black citizens and republicans to control politics |
| who did the KKK target | black voters and leaders, republicans, and reconstruction supporters |
| what were the force acts of 1870-1871 | federal laws against voter intimidation that allowed federal action and troops to fight KKK violence |
| who were the redeemers | Southern democrats who wanted to remove republicans, end reconstruction, and restore white democratic control |
| what was sharecropping | farmers rented land and paid the owner with part of their crop |
| what was the crop-lien system | farmers bought supplies on credit and promised future crops as payment, often trapping them in debt |
| how did many white southerners describe reconstruction | called it the ' dark age' and complained abt African American political power and republican governments |
| how was the ' dark age' idea later used | that reconstruction was a failure used to justify Jim Crow laws and white contrrol in the south |
| what was the panic of 1873 | a major financial crisis that caused an economic depression |
| what did the civil rights act of 1875 do | it tried to stop racial discrimination in public places like hotels and theaters |
| what happened in the election of 1876 | republican Hayes ran against Tilden, the results were disputed |
| what was the compromise of 1877 | hayes became president federal troops left the south and reconstruction ended |