Chapter 10 Section 2 Flashcards
By 1870 all the former Confederate state had rejoined the Union under what plan?
Reconstruction Plan
what name was given to those who moved from the North to the South after the war?
Carpetbaggers
people who disliked white Southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction
Scalawags
African Americans ended up in almost all levels of what
government
What group repealed Black Codes, established state hospitals, rebuilt road and railways, and established a system of public schools in the south
Republican/ Reconstructive governments
what type of bribery was common in the North and South
Graft
what played a long central role in the lives of many African Americans?
Religion
in the south African Americans began building and establishing their own what
churches
Once african americans were freed, they immediately sought after what
an education
Several African American whats were then established in the south, after the high demand for education
African American colleges and Universites
Where was the KKK started?
Pulaski, Tennesee
What was the goal of the KKK?
to drive out carpetbaggers, regain control in South and for Democratic Party
The three Enforcement Acts said what?
- Federal crime to interfere with someone’s right to vote.
- put elections under supervision
- KKK Act, outlawed violent activities of the Klan
Southerner’s particulary Democratic Party supporters referred to Northern newcomers as….
Carpetbaggers
Some Northern newcomers sought to do what to the war-torn soil?
take advantage
White Southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction were called….
Scalawags
African American leaders in the South came from the small number who had been what
educated
With formerly enslaved people making political gain, many Southerners claimed that what ruled the south
Black Republicanism
What was common in the south (bribery)
Graft
What served as the center of many African American communities?
Churches
Once feed African Americans wanted a
education
Name some African American universities
Fisk University, Atlanta University, Moorehouse College
Unable to strike openly at the Republicans running their states, some Southerners organized what
secret societies
The third part of the Enforement Act was passed in 1870 and known as what.
Ku Klux Klan Act
what many southerners claimed ruled the south
Black Republicanism
passed by Congress to combat the violence in the South
Enforcement Acts
gaining money illegally through politics
graft
Northerns who moved South
Carpetbaggers
White southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction
Scalawags
Hundreds of formerly enslaved people served as delegates to state constitutional what
conventions
What housed schools, hosted social events and political gatherings , and were the center of African American communities
Churches
During the 1870’s Reconstruction governments in the South built a comprehensive public
school system
Many scalawags who did not want the wealthy planters to regain power were owners of small
farms
By late 1870, all of the former Confederate states had rejoined the Union under the
MIlitary Reconstruction Act
