History Unit 10 IDS Flashcards
KKK what
A group of white supremacists whose goal was to promote white supremacy by resisting radical Republican rule, and using violence to intimidate voters
Attacked black schools, churches, politicians.
Used lynching
KKK who
General Nathan Bedford Forrest
White supremacists
KKK where and when
Tennessee 1865
KKK why
The government released enforcement acts in 1870-1
The Ku Klux Klan Acts made it illegal to interfere w voting rights
Klan involvement drops
Shows racism is prevalent
The Compromise of 1877 who
Hayes v. Tilden controversy
Electoral Committee of congressmen decides Compromise
The Compromise of 1877 where and when
1877 US
The Compromise of 1877 what
- Hayes is President
- Must elect southern cabinet member
- Must remove union troops from south
- Federal payments must be given to the south for infrastructure
The Compromise of 1877 why
End of reconstruction
Hope for reuniting nation
Pleasure v. Ferguson who
Honey Plessy sues Louisiana
Pleasure v. Ferguson what
Supreme Court case
Argued 13th and 14th constitutional rights were violated because he was not allowed to sit in white railroad car
Court declared 7-1 it was constitutional because they were separate but equal
Howard Ferguson found him guilty via Louisiana Car act because he was in Louisiana
Pleasure v. Ferguson where and when
1865 US (LA)
Pleasure v. Ferguson why
Reinstated racist ideas that “separate but equal” was ok
Let racism happen
Sharecropping who
Poor freedmen to white landowners
Sharecropping what
A practice in which freedmen exchanged labor for land, housing, seed, and fertilizer, and gave 1/2 to 2/3 of crops to landowner. More supplies borrowed increased percentage handed over
This system was corrupted, dug the freedmen into an economic hole
Sharecropping where and when
19th century southern US
Sharecropping why
Poor economic system for freedmen
Ever burdening cycle
More learned whites took advantage of less educated freedmen
Lincoln’s 10% Plan who
Lincoln duh
Lincoln’s 10% Plan what
Plan created by plan to attempt to quickly stitch together north and south
Stated that states w 10% of 1860 votes take a loyalty oath to prove their dedication to the union. They were then allowed to set up new governments
They must abolish slavery, set up education for them pm and as a result regain congressional representation
Pardoned formal confederates
Lincoln’s 10% Plan where and when
1863 US
Lincoln’s 10% Plan why
Radical Republicans believed it to be too lenient
Wade Davis Bill opposed in response
Allowed for re admittance theoretically
First reconstruction plan
