Jacqueline Moreschi - Copy of Chapter 12-4 End of Reconstruction 2019-2020 Flashcards
1
Q
- What political party gradually regained control of the southern state governments by 1877?
A
Democrats
2
Q
- What nickname is given to southern members of this party?
A
the redeemers
3
Q
- For what three reasons were southern white Democrats able to regain control of the South’s political structure by 1877?
A
- the KKK
- Black people weren’t voting
- confederate children were now the age to vote
4
Q
- What Republican from Ohio was nominated to run for president in 1876?
A
Rutherford B. hayes
5
Q
- What Democrat from New York was nominated to run for president in 1876?
A
Samuel Tilden
6
Q
- What was the minimum number of electoral votes you needed to win the Presidential Election of 1876 if the total was 369?
A
185/369
7
Q
- Why was there no clear winner initially after the election?
A
nobody won majority of the electoral college votes
8
Q
- How many of the members on the 15 person commission were Republicans?
A
8
9
Q
- How many of the members on the 15 person commission were Democrats?
A
8
10
Q
- What was the name of the Compromise that resolved the dispute over who was awarded the 20 disputed electoral votes?
A
the compromise of 1877
11
Q
- List two types of requirements were imposed on southern voters to make it difficult for blacks to vote.
A
poll tax
2. They pass a bunch of laws saying in order to vote you have to pass a literacy test.
12
Q
- How were voters in some states allowed to avoid these new voting regulations?
A
the grandfather clause
13
Q
- What name was given to this law that exempted people from meeting these voting regulations?
A
the grandfather clause
14
Q
- What type of laws did the Democrat-controlled governments pass to separate blacks and whites in public facilities?
A
segregation laws
15
Q
- What were these laws nicknamed?
A
Jim crow laws
