4.3 History Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Carpetbaggers | Northern Republicans whom were eager to participate in the state conventions that increased resentment among white southerners. |
Scalawags | Scoundrels who held a lot of scorn towards southern whites who backed the Union and now supported Reconstruction. |
Enforcement Acts | Three laws that empowered the federal government to combat terrorism with military force and to prosecute guilty individuals. |
Redeemers | Supporters of white-controlled governments. |
Ku Klux Klan | Angry white southerners whom formed secret terrorist groups to prevent African Americans from voting. |
Panic of 1873 | A severe economic depression caused by changes in Reconstruction. |
Civil Rights Act of 1875 | A bill that prohibited businesses that served the public from discriminating against African Americans. |
Samuel J Tilden | A Democrat of New York who ran against a Republican in the election. Winner of the election, but lost due to no electoral vote. |
Rutherford B Hayes | A Republican of Ohio who ran against a Democrat in the election. This person lost the election with votes, but won the electoral vote. |
Compromise of 1877 | A deal created to defuse the crisis from the protests ran by Democrats over the win of Hayes because of the one electoral vote. |
How did Reconstruction affect the lives of African Americans? | Reconstruction allowed it allowed them to actually participate and or serve in political positions. Reconstruction enabled African Americans to finally become delegates. |
What groups formed a Republican alliance in the South during Reconstruction? | Reconstruction supporters which consisted of mainly African Americans. |
How did Congress respond to violence against African Americans? | Violence forced Congress to form the Enforcement Acts in order to control the violence. |
What historical era came to end in 1877? | The Compromise of 1877. |
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