Acts & Amendments
This act pardoned all but a few hundred Confederate leaders.
General Amnesty Act
He was the Republican candidate in the election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
A term for the South’s plan to rebuild and compete with Northern industry.
New South
A secret group that used terror to keep Black citizens from voting.
Ku Klux Klan
The presidential election where no clear winner was decided on election night.
election of 1876
These laws failed to protect Black rights because they were not enforced.
Civil Rights Laws
He won the popular vote in 1876 but lost the presidency
Samuel J. Tilden
A farming system where workers paid rent with crops and often fell into debt.
sharecropping
The Klan’s main goal during Reconstruction.
to stop Black political participation through fear and violence
A special commission was required because several states had these.
disputed electoral votes
This event brought Reconstruction to an official end.
the withdrawal of federal troops from the South
This phase of Reconstruction occurred when Americans were tired of scandals and controversies.
Bourbon Reconstruction
A company-owned community with worker housing, stores, churches, and schools.
mill town
This method — not laws or elections — was how the Klan maintained control.
violence and manipulation
This man became president after the commission awarded him the disputed votes.
Rutherford B. Hayes