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| agency established by congress in march 1865 to attempt to establish a working free labor system |
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| president during Reconstruction. Opposed Congress's Reconstruction policy. white supremacy. impeached, but not overthrown |
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| merchants extended credit to tenants based on their future crops but high interest rates and the uncertainties of farming often led to inescapable debts |
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| type of farm tenancy that developed after the Civil War in which landless workers farmed land in exchange for farm supplies and a share of the crop |
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| laws passed in southern states to restrict the rights of former slaves; to nullify the codes, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment |
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| a group within the republican parties that advocated strong resistance to the expansion of slavery, and equal civil rights for blacks during Reconstruction |
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| a leader of the Radical Republicans and very antislavery |
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| another leader of the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives during Reconstruction |
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| US senator from Illinois who co wrote the 13th amendment |
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| defined all persons born in the US as citizens and spelled out rights they were to enjoy without regard to race |
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| guaranteed rights of citizenship to former slaves, in words similar to those of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 |
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| the Republicans nominee for president. One of the Union’s most prominent military heroes |
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| prohibited the federal and state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of race |
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| National Womens Suffrage Association (NWSA) |
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| led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, fought for women’s voting rights |
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| American Womens Suffrage Association (AWSA) |
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| Lucy Stone was president. Fought for women’s voting rights |
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| the second US Senator, a former slave, elected in 1875 |
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| the second US Senator, a former slave, elected in 1875 |
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| Northern emigrants who participated in the Republican governments of the reconstruction in the south |
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| Southern white republicans, some former unionists, who supported reconstruction governments |
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| Organized in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1866 to terrorize former slaves who voted and held political offices during Reconstruction |
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| founder of Liberal Republican Party, American editor of a leading newspaper |
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| conservative white Democrats, many of them planters or businessmen, who reclaimed control of the South following the end of Reconstuction |
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| elected president by one electoral college vote in a very highly disputed election of 1876. Republican candidate |
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| democratic candidate in election of 1876 against Rutherford B. Hayes |
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| highly disputed election where Hayes won by one electoral college vote |
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| highly disputed election where Hayes won by one electoral college vote |
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| deal made by Republican and Democratic special congressional commission to resolve the disputed presidential election of 1876 |
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