Reconstruction
dates of Reconstruction beginning and end
January 1, 1863 – March 31, 1877 (approximate years accepted)
increased capital, population boom, many raw materials
factors that led to Industratial boom in late 1800's US
Disenfranchisement
Condition of being deprived of the right to vote
Violated Tenure of Office Act
Why President Andrew Johnson was impeached
the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 13th, 14th, 15th Ammendments, Civl Rights Act of 1875 gave which level of government more power?
Federal
Majority of white men must swear oath of loyalty, new government must ban slaver and ratify 13th Amendment, Confederate officials may vote and hold office
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan
Result of population boom that contributed to Industrialization
cheap labor
15th Ammendment
U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
ways to disenfranchise black voters
What is one modern day example of a threat to voter rights?
Recent Georgia election - Stacey Abrams vs. Brian Kemp (100 plus points if able to articulate issue clearly)
Any response that is accurate, specific + justified gets points
A process led by the Radical Republicans that led to the usage of military force to protect blacks' rights.
Sharecropping
A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
Black Codes
an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War but struggled to lead in the White House. legacy of corruption.
Ulysses S. Grant
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
1867; divided the South into five districts and placed them under military rule; required Southern States to ratify the 14th amendment; guaranteed freedmen the right to vote in convention to write new state constitutions
Military Reconstruction Act
who had agricultural power and who had industrial power
South had agricultural power
North had industrial power
14th Ammendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism. headed by Boss Tweed
Tammany Hall
Carpetbagger
A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
Reconstruction plan that required 10% of the population to swear loyalty; granted amnesty to all Southerners except Confederate leaders; required new Constitution
Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction
Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US
Transcontinental Railroad
13th Ammendment
abolished slavery
Election of 1876
Tilden v Hayes. Conflict between general election and electoral majority. Ended reconstruction partially because neither candidate had an electoral majority. Hayes was elected, and then ended reconstruction as he secretly promised. One of the most disputed elections.
a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal. "seperate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson