Recon Flashcards
What did Congress do in response to the arrival of the newly elected Southern legislatures?
68 confederate leaders were pardoned and allowed to have seats In congress.
Why did African Americans feel betrayed in 1865?
The government allowed the confederate states to rejoin the union
- What was the Freedman’s Bureau and how did it hope to help newly freed African Americans?
A government agency that assisted poor whites and slaves. It provided food, clothing, hospitals, etc.…
- Considering the purpose and effect of the Black Codes – what can you conclude about the right to carry weapons, serve on juries, testify in court, marry whom you choose, travel freely?
People valued these rights, during that time.
- What did the Black Codes indicate to the North?
The south had not given up the idea of slavery.
- What was the main goal of Radical Republicans (RR) after the Civil War?
Maintain political power
- Why did the RR introduce the 15th Amendment?
To enforce voting rights for African Americans à maintain political power.
- Northerner who moved south after the war = took advantage of the destroyed areas and poverty for profit
Carpetbaggers
b. - white southerners who joined the Republican party
Scalawags
- a farming system where landowners divide their land and give each worker land, seeds, and tools. The worker would give a share of his crops to the landowner.
Sharecropping
- a farming system where workers rent land and keep all of their harvest
d. Tenant Farming
- Why did Freedmen want “40 Acres and a Mule”? Did they get it? Why or why not?
Were promised 40 acres and a mule if they helped the union during the civil war. Did not receive land. Land given = swampy= cant farm.
- What was the ultimate goal of the Ku Klux Klan? What method did they use to achieve this goal?
Restore white supremacy by preventing African Americans from exercising their political rights.
- What groups did the KKK target?
Blacks, the white helping the blacks, and the Republican leaders.
- The assassination of NC Senator John Stephens was the result of the KKK’s attempt to accomplish what end?
Reconstruction and get the Republicans out of power.
- Why did many former slaves choose to not vote?
The democrats and KKK would perform terroristic acts at the voting polls.
. What did the Enforcement Acts aim to stop?
Aimed to stop Klan violence.
List 2 things the Enforcement Acts did to achieve this goal.
Allowed federal supervision during southern elections and federal troops in areas with high Klan activity.
What did the Supreme Court determine about the Enforcement Acts in 1882?
Supreme court determined it was unconstitutional.
- Why was there a reduction in KKK violence?.
White supremacy had been restored
undermined the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Slaughterhouse
Cruikshank
U.S v Reese
decided that the 14th amendment only protects the rights people had because they were a citizen. Civil rights were obtained though citizenship in a state
Slaughterhouse Case:
: decided that the 14th amendment did not did not give the federal government the power to punish whites who oppressed blacks.
Cruikshank
: decided that the 15th amendment did not give anyone the right to suffrage (voting), but states cannot deny suffrage.
c. U.S v Reese
- What event marks the official end of Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
Who were the 2 candidates in the 1876 Presidential Election?
Tilden (democrat) & Hayes (Republican
Which candidate won the popular vote?
tilden
Explain the result of the electoral vote.
Tilden had fallen one vote short of the electoral votes needed to win à commission decided the winner
- What was the decision of the Congressional Commission?
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Hayes wins election
- Southern Democrats accepted Hayes as the President, but demanded what in return? Be sure to include all of the demands made. This compromise is referred to as ________.
Compromise of 1877
Democrats demanded the withdrawal of federal troops in Louisiana and S. Carolina, federal money to rebuild infrastructure, and for Hayes to appoint a southerner is his cabinet.
After the Presidential election of 1876, Democrats had achieved that long-desired goal? Explain what this goal provided to southern state governments. What actions did southern state governments take as a result?
Goal = Home rule. Goal allowed the state governments to run without federal intervention à passed laws that restricted the rights of African Americans, ended social programs, slashed taxes, and closed public schools.
- What three mistakes did Radical Republicans make in their attempts to help former slaves?
a. Assumed that certain civil rights would allow them to protect themselves through Gov. participation.
b. The government did not provide them land to become economically independent
c. The republicans failed to realize the extent of racism in the south.
