counter reconstruction
Although Samuel Tilden received the majority of the popular vote and seemed ahead in the Electoral College, what created controversy regarding the outcome of the election?
contested Electoral votes from South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana
In 1868, a conservative resurgence known collectively as ___________ _________________ began in earnest in the South in 1868.
counter reconstruction
When white terrorists started race riots in this state in 1875, President Grant refused to send federal troops to restore order, marking the end of the military component of Reconstruction:
Mississippi
what led to the collapse of Republican regimes throughout the South
The rise of the Conservatives, combined with the North's reluctance to use military force to sustain black suffrage
Resumption Act
allowed Americans to turn in their greenbacks in exchange for gold
Who were the primary targets of the KKK in the South during Reconstruction?
blacks and white republicans
In the 1870s, Democrats in the South reorganized the party platform as a _______________ movement.
conservative
Which of the following is true of the Compromise of 1877?
it signaled the end of Reconstruction since Republican governments collapsed and white Democrats gained control of the South there was an agreement to pull military support out of the South Rutherford B. Hayes became president
Which of the following was one of the provisions of the Enforcement Acts passed in response to the rise of the KKK?
one made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's voting right one placed the election of Congressmen under federal supervision on prohibited the wearing of disguises and the intimidation of public officials one allowed for the use of the military against the Klan
In the Election of 1876, both the Republicans and Democrats favored
relaxing radical Reconstruction policies and a return of state rule in the South
The most important and influential secret society that arose in the South to oppose Radical Reconstruction was
the ku klux klan
What event in 1873 shifted the focus of the Republicans to economic matters and created a depression that lasted for six years?
the panic of 1873
this action seemed to be an acknowledgment that Grant's policies had caused the panic
the reissuing of $26 million in greenbacks
The democrat's most effective methods involved appealed to what they had in common with
white Republicans, the color of their skin (appealed to white supremacy)