Hist106 Midterm 1- Lanctot

Hayes/Tilden election and impact

Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction

Leon Litwack reading

Focuses on Black experiences during Reconstruction

Difficulties faced by workers

Low wages, long hours, and unsafe conditions

Knights of Labor

Early labor union open to many workers

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Union focused on skilled workers and better wages

Eugene Debs and the Pullman Strike

Labor leader involved in a major railroad strike

Late 19th century technological breakthroughs

Advances like electricity and steel production

Money supply issues

Debate over gold versus silver currency

Important political issues in late 19th century

Tariffs, labor rights, and monetary policy

Haymarket Riot

Labor protest that turned violent in Chicago

Brass workers reading

Focus on industrial labor struggles

Telephone documentary

Impact of communication technology

Farmer's Alliance

Group advocating for farmers' rights

Populists and their platform

Supported farmers and workers and wanted reforms like free silver

William Jennings Bryan

Populist leader known for the Cross of Gold speech

Freedmen's Bureau

Agency that helped formerly enslaved people with food, housing, education, and legal support after the Civil War

Andrew Johnson's views toward suffrage

Opposed giving Black men the right to vote

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan and reactions

Lenient toward the South and angered Radical Republicans for not protecting freedpeople

Black Codes

Laws in the South that restricted the rights and freedoms of Black people

Goals of the Radical Republicans

Full equality for Black Americans and stronger punishment for the South

Scalawags and Carpetbaggers

White Southerners and Northerners who supported Reconstruction

Sharecropping

System where farmers rented land and paid with crops, often leading to debt

Reconstruction Act of 1867

Divided the South into military districts and required new state governments

14th Amendment

Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law

15th Amendment

Gave Black men the right to vote

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