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Reconstruction
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Wade-Davis Bill
Required majority of the adult white males in a former Confederate state to take an oath of allegiance to the Union. Lincoln later pocket vetoed the bill. -
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Era of Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Carpetbagger- people how had carpet on their bags
scalawags- worthless, underfed animal
These two groups mainly were the South at the time of Reconstruction. -
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Freedmen's Bureau
Aided free slves after the Civil War. It provided food and housing, education, health care, and employment. -
Ku Klux Klan
Started by former Confederates, drive out carpetbaggers and African Americans. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
This act granted all citizenship to all people born in the US except Native Americans. Allowed African Americans to own property, be treated equally, -
President Johnson Impeached
He was charged with "high crimes and misdemeanors." Mainly, he broke the law that upheld the Tenure of Office Act. -
African American Chruches
Religion was a main role in their lives. These churches they built were centers of a community. -
Education
By 1870, 4,000 schools with 9,000 teachers taught 200,000 former slaves. By 1876, 40% of African American children were in school. Colleges also sprang up in the South. In 1881, the first college for women opened. -
Fifteenth Amendment
This amendment granted the right to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous codition of servitude. -
Ku Klux Klan Act
3 acts, first to make it a federal crime to interfere with a citizen's right to vote. Second, put federal elections under the supervision of federal marshals. Third, outlawed activies by the Klan. -
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Panic of 1873
An economic crisis. Bad railroad investments, backruptcy. Basically it was a "Long Depression." -
The "Whiskey Ring" Scandal
Scandal that involved a diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors. Began in St. Louis -
Compromise of 1877
between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden. Tilden won 184 electoral votes, and Hayes won 165 electoral votes. But the Southeren states (Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida) There was so much fraud on both sides, no one knew who won. To solve it, the commission voted a 8 to 7 votes (Republician to Democrat.) Thus, Hayes won the election. -
End of Reconstruction
President Hayes pulled troops out of the South. The Democrats "redeemed" themselves. There was a "New South" on the rise.
