People
Had a scandal-filled administration.
Grant
Laws that restricted freedmen's rights.
Black codes
Not guilty
Planters would let farmers work their land in exchange for some of their crops.
Sharecropping
Lincoln's Plan
Was impeached for firing a cabinet member.
Andrew Johnson
Outlawed black codes
The Civil Rights Act
A scandal in which whiskey distillers bribed government officials.
Whiskey Ring Scandal
During Reconstruction, southern farming focused on these types of crops, such as cotton.
Cash crops
Called for pardons for southerners.
Lincoln and Johnson
Became President after Grant.
Hayes
Gave African Americans citizenship.
14th amendment
While it saw the Union's restoration, it did not end racism.
Reconstruction
KKK
Required states abolish slavery.
Johnson
Ran against Hayes in 1876.
Tilden
Gave African American males the right to vote.
15th Amendment
This contested election was between Hayes and Tilden.
The election of 1876
The law Johnson broke when he fired Secretary of War Stanton.
Tenure of Office Act
Divided the South into military districts.
Congress
The first African American governor of Louisiana.
Pinchback
Banned the use of terror or bribery to prevent people from voting due to their race.
Enforcement Act of 1870
The Democrats gave the Presidency to Republicans in exchange for an end to Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877
During Johnson's administration, they controlled Congress.
Radical Republicans
Required states ratify 14th amendment
Congress