History Quiz #3 - Reconstruction
Panic of 1877
an economic crisis that makes things worse
North Carolina
1868-1870, Sickles
Arkansas
1868-1874, Ord
Alabama
1868-1874, Pope
South Carolina
1868-1876, Sickles
Florida
1868-1877, Pope
Virginia
1870-1869, Schofield
Georgia
1870-1871, Pope
Texas
1870-1873, Sheridan
Mississippi
1870-1876, Ord
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
a secret organization that aimed to remove republicans from power and restore white control of the south through violence
Freedmen's Bureau
A new federal agency that helps reunite families
1876: US vs. Cruikshank
Challenges the ability of the federal government to enforce the 14th amendment
Compromise of 1877
Hayes is elected president on 4 conditions in exchange for the Democrat's promise to respect the rights of African-Americans
Black codes
Local and state laws intended to obstruct the progress of free slaves in the south after the civil war
1876: US vs. Reese
creates a loophole in the 15th amendment leading to voting restrictions
Contract System
freed african-american workers on plantations in exchange for wages, food and shelter
Election of 1876
the election in which Rutherford B. Hayes runs against Samuel Tilden, that makes it clear that the reconstruction will not continue much longer
Reconstruction
the period during which the USA began to rebuild after the civil war (1865-1877)
Radical Republicans
wanted major civil rights reforms, they were in control of the reconstruction and the south is under federal control
Sharecropping System
workers that rented a plot of land in exchange for a share of the crop