reconstruction Flashcards
(18 cards)
government pardon for wrongdoings
amnesty
members of congress who wanted extreme changes after the war
radical republicans
former slaves
freedmen
laws in the south that were meant to control freedmen
blackcodes
proccess of bringing formal charges against a public official
impeachment
white southerners who supported the union
scalawags
whites travel from north to south
carpetbaggers
secret society made up of former confederates who terrorized the freedmen in south
ku klux klan
person rent land from a landowner and gets a percentage of the crops.
sharecropper
won the Presidential election in 1876
rutherford b. hayes
How does the election of 1876 lead to the end of Reconstruction?
hayes agrees to end reconstruction for 20 disputed electoral votes.
fees that had to be payed before voting
poll taxes
test to see if you can read
literacy test
kept whites away from voting
grandfather clauses
mandated segregation of public places
jim crown laws
What was decided in the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?
blacks and whites are different but they can still be treated equal.
punishment from an informal group
lynching
blacks came from the south to kansas
exodusters