Reconstruction and the Later Rise of Jim Crow Practices Flashcards
What was the (Radical) Reconstruction?
both physical and ideological reconstruction of the South after the Civil war.
- After they lost the war, the North wanted them to reconstruct their guidelines. - Two opposing groups that wanted two different things. Radicals and Moderates.
Who the Radicals? What did they believe?
Groups of people who wanted an occupying army in the South while they reconstructed.
-Congress had a strong Radical presence.
who were the Moderates? What did they believe?
wanted the south to reconstruct themselves. We can give them the guidelines and oversee if they can make the changes themselves.
(Moderate action taking- that’s how you can remember Moderates)
President Johnson was actually impeached for opposing the Radicals (who favored an army in the south while they reconstructed).
During Reconstruction, many Northerners moved to the South for what reason? How did the South react?
To start businesses. They were resented by Southerners and referred to as “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags”. Lots of rights were being given to the freed African Americans.
What ended the reconstruction?
The disputed presidential election of 1976 led to a compromise which ended the reconstruction. (Debate about who had one the presidency.)
-The NORTH offered a compromise (1876), that if the South agreed to the Northern Cabinet to becoming the President of the United States, they would end Reconstruction in the South. They accepted.
What happened after Reconstruction was over?
The south did what the North feared. Once they ended Radical Reconstruction, the South began passing all sorts of laws, racists legislation=separate facilities, took away voting rights, etc. Took 75 years to change.
What laws took place after Reconstruction was over?
Jim Crow laws (BOO!)
Why is it SO SAD that Reconstruction of the south didn’t happen?
It would not be until 75 years later that the American Civil Rights Movement (1960’s) would overturn these practices and monumental court cases like Brown Versus Board of Education of Topeka would grant equality to blacks.
