Progress in the 70's
The 15th Amendment was passed in 1870. What did it do?
Gave black men the right to vote.
Sharecropping involves what type of profession?
What does the KKK stand for?
How do we know that Reconstruction ended due to the Compromise of 1877?
There was no more oversight of the south allowed, enforcing the protection of blacks.
When blacks began voting in the south, which party's candidates did 90% of them vote for?
The Republican Party
Whose land was used by sharecroppers?
Previous white plantation/slave owners
When the KKK became a terrorist organization, what kinds of things did they do, and what was their ultimate goal?
Beat, murdered blacks.
The goal was to scare them away from voting.
Why were the results of Presidential Election of 1876 uncertain?
Four states sent in both sets of electoral votes - 20 electoral votes were in dispute, so neither candidate was a clear winner.
Some blacks were elected to state and national Congress.
Why did sharecroppers have to start out each by going into debt?
They had no money to start with, had to purchase tools, seeds, food clothing until first harvest
Which president had problems with his cabinet members?
Grant
1. Hayes was chosen as president
2. The last troops were removed from the south (military reconstruction was ended)
What was a Carpetbagger?
Northerners who moved south to either help blacks or start businesses.
How much money were sharecroppers usually left with after paying off debts each year?
None
Give one example of how the Supreme Court hurt the cause of Reconstruction.
Declared laws meant to help blacks as unconstitutional.
Made rulings that took away the power of the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Name one of the two less important pieces of the Compromise of 1877.
- More Federal $$$ was to be spent on rebuilding infrastructure in the south
- Hayes had to pick one Democrat to be in his cabinet
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What was a "Scalawag?"
What was the ultimate problem with sharecropping?
What did several of Grant's cabinet members get caught doing, and how did it impact Reconstruction?
It distracted the public, made them forget about Reconstruction
Name the two candidates for president in 1876, and which party each was from.
Rutherford B. Hayes - R