Rest of Reconstruction Flashcards
Define black codes?
designed to help control the newly freed African Americans
Black codes made by?
legislatures and So. states
Black Codes made why? to limit or…
- Limit African American rights
- passed after 13th (So. tries to set around 13th a blackcodes)
Ex. of black code?
was illegal to own or rent farms
Why was 14th am. made?
Tried to protect rights of So. Americans
What did the 14th state?
citizenship for African Americans
Congress (Republicans) required
So. States to ratify 14th as another condition or rejoin
Rad. Republicans in charge: Where and when?
Congressional elections of 1866
Who was impeached? Was it just him? Was he convicted?
President Andrew Johnson +yes and yes
What were the 3 reconstruction and CW amendments?
13, 14, 15th amendments
Who did Republicans nominate? Who won election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
15th am gave?.
African American males voting rights
-voting rights -cannot be denied
White landowners refused..
to rent land to freed people
Define Klu Klux Klan
(1865) secret society that used fear and violence to deny freedmen and women rights
What are ex. of KKK actions?
- Targeted Freedmen’s Bureau b/c don’t believe Afro. should be educated
- When KKK @ height of power, made Confederate monuments (50yrs after CW)
