Mr T Chooses
Leader of the Ku Klux Klan
The Grand Wizard
Former Union General, President after Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S Grant
Required south to pay off the war debt, comply with the 13th Amendment, and swear oath allegiance to the United States
Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction
“All persons born in the United States," with the exception of American Indians, were "hereby declared to be citizens of the United States.
Civil Rights Act 1866
Organization that terrorized African Americans
KKK
Became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
"Founding members of the Ku Klux Klan
Pulaski 6
Why Andrew Johnson impeached and almost removed from office
Tenure of Office Act
Prohibits Slavery
13th Amendment
Helped former slaves get access to education, legal counsel, and land
Freedmen's Bureau
In what state was the KKK founded?
Tennessee
Someone who moves from the North to the South to profit from Reconstruction
Carpet Bagger
Rules greatly limited what African Americans could do in the South
Black Codes
Ends discrimination in Public Places (but overturned by the supreme court)
Civil Rights act of 1875
Prohibited the president from removing officials confirmed by the Senate without senatorial approval
Tenure of Office Act
Why did Rutherford B Hayes end reconstruction?
Got the disputed electoral votes from the 1876 Presidential election, which won him the presidency.
Former Confederate becomes governor of South Carolina
Wade Hampton
During the reconstruction taxes in the South went up 400%, what was the reason for this massive increase? Give both reasons from your study guides
Rebuilt infrastructure
Built public schools and hospitals
Broke South into 5 military districts and required Southern States to ratify the 14th Amendment
The 1867 Reconstruction Act
What was the main goal of the KKK and how did they attempt to achieve these goals?
1) Restore white rule
2) Use intimidation and violence
The Lowry Gang was a group multiracial group mainly made of Lumbee Native Americans who fought back against the "home guard" who rounded them up to work as slaves building forts in the south. What state was the Lowry gang from?
North Carolina
Former Union Soldier, who fought the KKK in Arkansas using many of their own tactics against them.
DP Upham
What are the 3 key points of share cropping?
Most were freedmen who rented the land from land owners
Paid their rent with either money or crops (almost always crops)
This made it almost impossible for freedmen to make enough money to buy their plot of land
Black Codes (3 Purposes)
Limit Rights
Help plantation owners/farmers find workers to replace slaves
Keep freedmen at the bottom of the Social Pyramid
Lincoln Assassinated by _______________
John Wilkes Booth