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What political party did most African Americans support after the Civil War?
Republican
Who was Hiram Revels?
The first African American to serve in US Congress
Scalawags
Worthless rascal, scoundrel
Carpetbaggeres
a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
Why did African Americans borrow money from the Freedmen’s Bank.
Freedmen’s bank was a privately funded bank established to hold money for African Americans during reconstruction
Sharecropping
Families rent parts of wealthier farmers land to use in trade of crop
What state legislature did African Americans hold the majority of seats in for a brief time?
South Carolina
How did some people try to overcome to radical Republicans rule?
The Ku-Klux Klan was formed to prevent free slaves from living a peaceful life
Ulysses S. Grant (as president)
After fighting the was Grant became the 18th US president and worked against slavery
Lynching
Another hate crime preformed against African Americans
W.E.B Dubois
American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator
Segregation
The separation of Whites and Blacks
Grandfather Clause
If your grandfather voted, do can you. Put in place to keep African Americans from voting
What year did reconstruction end?
1877
Jim Crow Laws
Laws of races to be separated in public
