Freedmen
This organization helped Freedmen gain an education by establishing Freedmen Schools throughout the South.
Freedmen's Bureau
President who was against radical Republicans, and impeached by Congress
Andrew Johnson
Name Democrats gave to white Southern Republicans, implies that they are traitors to the Southern cause b/c they support the Republicans
Scalawags
once 10% of voters from 1860 took an oath of allegiance to the US, the state could form a new government
designed to readmit the South quickly; nothing about freedmen
faced opposition from radical Republicans
Lincoln's Plan
The historical narrative that the Confederates had a justifiable and moral cause (states' rights, Southern way of life) infighting the Civil War but lost only because they were overpowered.
Lost Cause Myth
Ku Klux Klan
Republican candidate in the election of 1876
Rutherford B Hayes
Northerners who moved South (to help rebuild, make money off of industrialization, teach freedmen, etc.)
Carpetbaggers
This Reconstruction plan sought to treat the South like a conquered country. It was much harsher than Lincoln's plan, especially on the wealthy Southerners. Protected the rights of Freedmen
Congressional Plan
June 19th, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
Juneteenth
Landowners rented their land to Freedmen, but Freedmen were forced to pay their rent in a fraction of their crops causing a cycle of debt
Sharecropping
Democratic candidate in the election of 1876
Samuel J. Tilden
Achieved control of Congress in 1866. Wanted harsher sanctions on Confederates. Pushed for civil rights for freedmen. Clashed with Southern Democrat Johnson
Radical Republicans
Plan stated that the South must accept the 13th amendment. There was Nothing about freedmen
Johnson's Plan
combines two words exodus (mass leaving) and dust, references the black people who were able to leave the South and migrate to places where they could be free
Exodusters
First Black man to be in the US Senate
Hiram Revels
President during 1869-1877, supported radicals, and fought against the Ku Klux Klan
Ulysses S. Grant
Democrats agreed to make Hayes president, Northeners agreed to remove all troops from the South
The Compromise of 1877
Created 5 military districts and a new readmission process: pass the 14th amendment and grant black males the vote
Reconstruction Act of 1867
To accuse the president of a crime while in office
Impeachment
These laws created in 1865 were created by Southeners to recreate the conditions of slavery and prevent them from using their rights
Black Codes
enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship
Robert Smalls
Investors took in more debt than they could afford
Reconstruction was no longer the priority
Panic of 1873
Stated that Congress should direct Reconstruction. Would require a majority of Confederates to pledge their loyalty to the Union
Wade-Davis Bill
The president could not fire officials without Senate approval
Tenure of Office Act