Compromise of 1877

Question 1

carpetbaggers

Answer 1

• people form the north who head to the south after the war
• most attempted to swindle landowners out of property
• some went to help - but not many
• looked down upon by southerners

Question 2

scalawags

Answer 2

• lives in the south
• possibly a former soldier of the Confederacy
• want to industrialize the South (like the North)
• called “traitors” by some in the south

Question 3

civil rights bill of 1866

Answer 3

• will not be passed
• attempted to end discrimination
• actual law won’t be passed until 1964 (98 years later)

Question 4

compromise of 1877

Answer 4

• presidential election of 1876 ends with no clear winner
• tie is broken by house of representatives
• no way were republics (north) going to let a democrats (south) become president
• deals - Hayes (R) becomes president. the south receives railroads (badly needed) and all US troops are removed from the South

Question 5

remember this…

Answer 5

samuel tilden should have become president in 1876. however, the republicans were not about to have a “southern” president only 11 years after the civil war