Reconstruction Era Flashcards

Flashcards based on lecture notes about Reconstruction era and related topics.

Rutherford B. Hayes' inauguration as president in 1877

Marked the end of Reconstruction.

Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883)

An act that reformed the civil service system by instituting exams to qualify for positions within the federal

Grover Cleveland (1884)

First Democrat elected president since 1856, supported by Mugwump reformers.

Mississippi (1890)

First state to adopt literacy tests to disfranchise Black voters.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Upheld the constitutionality of 'separate but equal' facilities.

Freedmen's Bureau

Provided emergency aid to ex-slaves during the transition from war to peace.

Black Codes

Laws enacted by Southern states designed to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved people.

Civil Rights Act of 1866

An act extending civil rights to all persons born in the United States.

Reconstruction Act of 1867

An act that restructured the South and enabled military oversight.

Tenure of Office Act

Led to President Johnson's impeachment and trial.

Fourteenth Amendment

Guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law.

Hiram Revels

First Black U.S. Senator in 1870

Fifteenth Amendment

Guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race.

Enforcement Acts

Laws aimed to suppress the Ku Klux Klan.

Colfax Massacre

A massacre of Black people by white people in Colfax, Louisiana, in 1873.

United States v. Cruikshank

A legal case that curtailed Reconstruction.

Bargain of 1877

Ended Reconstruction.

Andrew Johnson

President during much of Reconstruction, faced impeachment.

Jim Crow laws

Laws enacted in the South to segregate and discriminate against African Americans.