Important people
Who did the Republicans Nominate for the 1868 presidential race?
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
who won the 1868 presidential race?
Republicans(Ulysses S. Grant)
what happened in February 1870?
congress passed the 15th amendment
What were liberals referred to?
people who embrace their ideas.
What was The campaign slogan for the repubicans in the 1868 race?
what is "Let's have peace"?
Who did the Democrats Nominate for the 1868 Presidential race?
Who is Horatio Seymour?
What years did the African Americans influence politics?
between 1865 and 1877
What was the compromise of 1877
was an unwritten political deal in the United States to settle the intense dispute over the results of the 1876 presidential election, ending the filibuster of the certified results and the threat of political violence
What did the Democrats control?
Southern States
What did the republicans push for in the 1868 election?
What is the 15th amendment?
who was Andrew Johnson
Became the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869)
What did amendments become?
The Bill of Rights
what years was the reconstruction era?
December 8, 1863 – March 31, 1877
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do for the African Americans?
Land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
what was the slogan for the Republicans in the 1868 race
"lets have peace"
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes
19th US President
How did the creation of the freedmen's bureau help the African Americans?
help provide medicine,food, clothing and schools
why did reconstruction start?
it was aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War, providing the means for readmitting them into the Union, and defining the means by which whites and blacks could live together in a non-slave society.
what were poll taxes?
a fee charged when registering to vote
How did Andrew Johnsons presidnecy affect other?
Johnson's strong commitment to obstructing political and civil rights for blacks is principally responsible for the failure of Reconstruction to solve the race problem in the South and perhaps in America as well.
What was the KKK?
The Ku Klux Klan (white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups)
How long did the Panic of 1873 last?
6 years
how long did it take for the states to ratify the 14th amendment.
2 years
What did Ulysses rely on congress to do?
make decisions