Reconstruction Flashcards
How much machinery and mules was lost in the south after the civil war
50% of machinery and 1/3 of mules
What was the 13th amendment
It abolished slavery
What was the 14th amendment
No state shall make or enforce ant law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the untied states, essentially gave African Americans citizenship
What was the 15th amendment
Gave African Americans the right to vote (in theory)
When and what was the slaughterhouse case
1873, and it gave control over a person civil rights to state governments
When were black codes set up and what did they show
1865-6, and they showed southern attitudes to freed slaves: determined to keep them in an inferior position
When was the KKK founded and what was its effect during reconstructions
1865, and it performed numerous attacks, one such killed 34 and injured 100 when African American soldiers travelled to vote. The first klan did not last long but it created an atmosphere of racial violence and hostility
When was Johnsons attempted impeachment
1868
From when did redemption governments begin emerging
1870
Between 1870 and 1880 how many blacks were elected to congress
22
When was the military reconstruction act and what did it do
1867, it divide the south into military districts until they wrote up new constitutions that accepted civil rights
When did the freedman’s bureau open and close
March 1865 and shut down in 1872
What years was Blanche K Bruce in the senate
1875-1881
By 1877 how much of the north was African american
5%
What ended reconstruction and why was it done
the compromise of 1877, it asserted that northern intervention in the south would be withdrawn if Rutherford B Hayes would become president, there was a dispute over who was next due to inconclusive votes.
