Reconstruction Era

What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?

Free, Citizens, Vote

What was a carpetbagger?

Northerners that go to the south to take advantage of the situation and earn money

What was a scalawag?

Southerners who supported the north

What was the compromise of 1877?

An agreement that resolved the 1876 election, removing federal troops from the South

Who became president in the election of 1876?

Rutherfor

What was the financial panic of 1873 and its impact on Reconstruction?

A severe economic depression, exhausting northern political willpower

Who was Samuel Tilden?

He was in the disputed presidential election

What were Andrew Johnson’s plans for Reconstruction?

Called for state conventions to repeal secession and eventually allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union and Impeached for fighting with Radical Republicans who thought he was too lenient on the South 

Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels?

The first African American senator

What were the Black Codes?

Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of freedmen.

(Made it illegal for freedmen to hold public office, travel freely, or serve on juries.) Freedmen found without a job could be fined, jailed, or could be forced to work on a plantation