Section 3 Flashcards
what are carpetbaggers?
republicans that supposedly rushed to the south carrying all their possessions in bags made from carpeting.
How did southerner democrats feel about scalawags?
felt they where greedy rascals and believed that these southerners had betrayed the south by voting for the republican party.
who is James Alcorn?
Mississippi governor former member of the whig party
what was the largest group of southerner REPUBLICAN
voters?
AFRICAN AMERICANS
Hiram Revels
was born free in north Carolina went to college became methodist minister and served as a chaplain in the union army.
who is blanche k. bruce
important republican in Mississippi and served one term as senator.
what did reconstruction governments provide?
provided money for new programs and organizations int the south. helped establish state first public school systems in the south. built hospitals, prisons, and orphanages. passed new laws prohibiting discrimination against AAs. they aided the construction of bridges, railroads, and public buildings.
what is the kkk ?
a secret society that opposed civil rights, particularly suffrage for AA.
what did the KKK do and how did they wear?
the kkk used violence and terror against AAs.
klan members wore robes
attacked and murder republican whites, public officials and AAs
when did the kkk usually attack?
AT NIGHT
what did congress do to hinder the KKK?
the federal gov took action. congress passed laws that made it a federal crime to interfere with elections or to deny citizens equal protection under the law
what happened during the 1870s
KKK no longer a threat BUT groups of whites continued to assult AA and republicans throughout the 1870s
which party began to lose power
Republicans
what is the general amnesty act of 1872
allowed former confederates, except those who had held high ranks, to serve in congress.
what two political scandels happened during grants term
1- a gold-buying scheme grants cousin a leading role led to a brief crisis on the stock market called black Friday.
2- his personal secretary was involved in the whiskey distillers and public officials worked together to steal liquor taxes from the federal gov
panic of 1873
when cooke and company, a major investor in railroads and the largest financier of the Union’s civil war effort, declared bankruptcy. the company had lied about the value of land along the side f the northern PAcific railroad that it owned and was trying to sell. when truth leaked company failed.
cvil rights act of 1874
guaranteed AA equal rights in public places, such as theaters and public transportation
compromise of 1877
the democrats agreed to except Hayes victory , in return they wanted all remaining federal troops removed from the south.
in the compromise of 1877 what did the south ask for?
asked for funding for internal improvements in the south and the appt of a southern democrats to president cabinet
who or what are redeemers
democrats who brought their party back to power in the south were called redeemers
what did redeemers wanna do
they wanted to reduce size of state gov
limit the rights of AA
lowered state budgets
got rid of a variety of social programs
