Unit 10 Reconstruction Era Flashcards
1
Q
What were the Black Codes?
A
Laws restricting Black rights.
2
Q
What was the role of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) after the Civil War?
A
Used violence and terror to suppress Black’s political participation.
3
Q
What was sharecropping?
A
A system that trapped many freedmen in a cycle of poverty and debt, similar to slavery.
4
Q
What laws did Southern Democrats pass to enforce racial segregation?
A
Jim Crow Laws.
5
Q
Compromise of 1877
A
Rutherford B. Hayes became president in exchange for removing the federal troops. This compromise officially ended the Reconstruction.
