History Quiz #3 - Reconstruction

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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


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