Reconstruction

What was the goal of Reconstruction?

Bring Southern states back to the Union

What years were Reconstruction?

1865-1877

This is the name for a white southerner who supported Northern Republicans

Scalawags

People who were for the abolition of slavery and controlled Congress after the 1866 elections

Radical Republicans

This president saw the ratification of the 15th Amendment, the Enforcement Act, and KKK Act

Ulysses S. Grant

Which political party controlled Congress during Johnson’s presidency?

Republicans

This president won the election of 1876 in compromise and removed the federal military from the south

Rutherford B. Hayes

The country’s goal that transitions from equality to _____

economic stability

What became a widespread ag practice of ranting small plots of land for poor farmers and freed slaves?

Sharecropping

What allowed white voters to get around literacy tests and poll taxes

grandfather clause

Which amendment made it sure every citizen had the right to vote in any state regardless of race or previous servitude

15th Amendment

Which amendment stated African Americans were citizens and all citizens were granted due process of law

14th Amendment

The exceptional added in the 13th Amendment allowed for ___ to take slavery by another name

convict leasing

What Supreme Court case made separate but equal precedent?

Plessy v Ferguson

Which laws began the segregation of blacks and whites in public spaces?

Jim Crow Laws