They used intimidation, violence, and terrorism to prevent African Americans from using their rights
Who are the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
This plan allowed Former Confederates must take a loyalty oath (10%) and Confederate elites, plantation owners, leaders and those with more than $20,000 of property had to apply to Johnson personally for a pardon.
What is Andrew Johnson’s Plan
Due to their efforts, the 1868 Constitution called for free general public education in the State of Georgia
Who are the Black Legislators
Wanted to bring ‘justice’ and punish the South and it’s elites, to change the South’s economy so African Americans had a chance to succeed, and to protect the rights of Freedmen
What is the Radical Republican Reconstruction Plan
Failed to adequately prevent Southern states from disenfranchising African Americans through other means (poll taxes, literacy tests), and it did nothing to stop non-government groups from stopping African Americans from exercising their rights.
What is the 15th Amendment
Began to fade away in 1871 with Democratic victory in Georgia and the intervention of federal troops to break up the organization
Who are the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Failed to protect freedmen’s newly gained civil rights (like voting), it did not overturn the Dred Scott case, which took citizenship from all African-Americans, and it confirmed Southerners’ worst fears about Lincoln’s election
What is the 13th Amendment