Reconstruction Flashcards
stages of Johnson trying to veto legislation December 1865
- Bill gets called to congress to try and extend civil rights of black Americans
- president Johnson tried to veto the bill meaning it cant be debated
- congress debated bill; anyways allowing 14th and 15th amendment to pass.
Why did the Republican Congress refuse to recognize the new state governments in the South?
they were made up of congress elites
when was the 14th amendment
1866
14th Amendment
enforced 1866 civil rights act
gave citzenship to those born in the us minus natives
meant to show that all people including former slaves should have equal rights.
14th Amendment
enforced 1866 civil rights act
gave citzenship to those born in the us minus natives
meant to show that all people including former slaves should have equal rights.
contents of 14th amendment
banned many old confederates from holding office
stated that the federal gov could get involved in state matters is the civil rights of the people
stated black codes were illegal.
Passing of the 14th ammenedment
- to be passed needed a 74% of approval vote from congress
- made it hard due to the south being too racist to let the bill pass
- resutled in a lot of riots and growth of the kkk
- resutled in the Military Act being passed.
what year did the mitirary reconstruction act pass
1867
what did the military reconstruction act state
- no southern state had a legal gov
- no confederate politians were permitted in congress without approval from union
-southern states only allowed back in if they had created new consitutions which provided greater freedoms for black americans
when was the 15th amendment
1870
How many black americans registered to vote after the civil war
700,000
1869-1971
- black americans became senators and more involved in the legal process
- able to become sherrfis
- however there were still violence, one senator assisanted and shot 31 times by a white mob.
In what year did Ulysses Grant become President?
1688
In what year did Ulysses Grant become President?
1688
in what years did the KKK rapidly grow?
1868- 1867
by 1867 how much did the KKK grow
half a million across the south and 40,00 in tennasee
by 1867 how much did the KKK grow
half a million across the south and 40,00 in tennasee
what was one of the aims of the KKK
end eduacation of black americans due to fearing education will give them more political power
- They destroyed 25 schools and killed 50 African American teachers in Mississippi after the state passed a new public school law in 1870.
How many lynchings took place in 1900
115
when was the force acts
1870
What rights of black people were protected by the Force Acts of 1870?
- right to serve on juries
- right to vote
- right to hold government positions
what did the force act allow the president to have
militry power over states
what were white leauges
alternative white supremacist groups were established.
what did they do
White Leagues were responsible for the violence in the Colfax Massacre of 1873 which saw 100 African Americans murdered.
White League membership extended across much of the Southern States.
when was the KKK formed
1866
succession of reconstruction
gave black people greater freedom to hold positions of political power, migrate around the country and create their own institutions
20% of black people became literate
failures of reconstruction work
- violence in the south continued
- many northern politisas lost interest in southern issues
- economic depression worsened
