Reconstruction Era Flashcards

Flashcards about the Reconstruction era in the United States

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican candidate who won the presidential election of 1868.

Fifteenth Amendment

Congressional action that prohibits states from denying citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Literacy tests, property qualifications, and poll taxes

Methods used by Southern states to disenfranchise black voters despite the 15th Amendment.

Grandfather Clause

Allowed white men to vote even if they did not meet literacy or property requirements if their ancestors had voted prior to a certain date.

Ku Klux Klan

Organization founded by Nathan Bedford Forrest to restore white supremacy in the South through intimidation and violence.

Enforcement Acts

Acts passed by Congress to limit Klan activity and protect black suffrage.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Republican presidential candidate in the election of 1876.

Samuel Tilden

Democratic presidential candidate in the election of 1876 who won the popular vote but lost the contested election.

South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana

The states where the election results were contested in the 1876 election.

Compromise of 1877

Agreement that resolved the contested election of 1876 by awarding Hayes the presidency in exchange for ending federal support for Republican regimes in the South.

Redeemers

White Democrats who gained power in the South after Reconstruction and sought to redeem the South from Republican rule.

Segregation laws

Laws enforced by Redeemers to segregate society.