Mystery ? 1
Northern business men seen as opportunist, were normally politicians
Carpetbaggers
Southern Republicans who were often viewd as traitors
Scalawags
what year were most southern states readmitted to the Union?
1968
What area did Tildan have the most support during the Election?
South
Whose rights did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments protect
African Americans (formerly enslaved people)
What motivated the scalawags to work with Reconstruction governments?
public education and southern improvements
Why was the Louisiana Constitution changed during reconstruction?
Add 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
promote public schools and civil rights
federal victory in the civil war
How many states contested the Election of 1876?
4
Why did Congress have to decide the outcome of the Election of 1876?
Voted were disputed, Neither candidate received over 50% of the votes
In the 1870's, What were African Americans who wanted to vote faced with from hate groups?
violence and threats
How did the south get around the 15th amendment?
Poll taxes
grandfather clause
literacy tests
What did southerners think of carpetbaggers?
they were opportunist trying to take control of the local Southern politics
What happened in Colfax and Opelusas?
Hate groups massacred African American and their supporters
Why were fewer African Americans elected to office in the South?
Because of events like the massacres of Colfax and Opelousas, and threats of violence at the voting booths
Why did groups like the KKK, White League and the Red Shirts form.
to stop African American for exercising their rights
At the end of Reconstruction, were African Americans finally granted their Civil Rights?
no, not fully
Members wore white sheets to cover their faces
KKK
Political club that became a paramilitary group
white league
Heavily armed, loosely organized hate group
Red Shirts
During Reconstruction, did African American gain political power at some point?
yes
1st African American member of Congress
Hiram Revels
1st African American Lieutenat Governor
Oscar Dunn
War hero that served 5 terms in congress during Reconstruction
Robert Smalls
1st African American to serve on a state Supreme Court.
Jonathan Jasper Wright
1st African American governor
P.B.S Pinchback