Chapter 15 pt.2

Question 1

Scalawags and Carpetbaggers

Answer 1

ex- confederates refereed to southern whites as there.
s- scot-irish term for worthless animals
c- northern whites who carried all their property in cheap bags.

Question 2

Hiram R. Revels

Answer 2

elected U.S senate of mississippi. he was a free black from north carolina who had moved to the north from education.

Question 3

Convict leasing

Answer 3

for economic development the government would let private companies use prisoners to work in mines and other industries.

Question 4

Panic of 1873

Answer 4

financial crisis that triggered depression in europe and north america

Question 5

Credit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring

Answer 5

most notorious scandal, it was a sham corporation set up by the union to secure govt grants with a large profit.

Question 6

The “Redemption” Process

Answer 6

murderous and undemocratic it made the republicans flee into hiding.

Question 7

The Ku Klux Klan

Answer 7

secret organization or terrorists that formed 7 years after the civil war.

Question 8

U.S. v. Cruikshank and the Civil Rights Cases and their effect on the 14th amendment

Answer 8

justices argues that the 14th amendment only gave a few federal protection. this case started after an African American was killed by ex confederates.

Question 9

The “Lost Cause”

Answer 9

the way the white southerners called the confederacy after reconstruction ended.