Memory ReconstructionVersión en línea Key events or concepts from Reconstruction por Daniel Yoder freedmen Hiram Revels Southern laws denying rights to African Americans an economic system in the South that came very close to slavery. Sharecropping A southern white that votes republican Freedmen's Bureau KKK "Redemption" Civil Rights Act of 1866 15th Amendment Scalawag Black Codes Put federal troops in areas of KKK activity and allowed the federal government to oversee local elections 14th Amendment Gov't agency that helped freedmen with education, health care, and basic needs. Used intimidation and violence to prevent freedmen from using their new rights. grants all rights and privileges of citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States Goal: Punish the South for the war by taking their power and giving rights and power to freedmen Southern Democrats return to power as Reconstruction winds down. Created five districts in the South to be run by the military Reconstruction Act of 1867 A Northerner that goes to the South to take advantage of the economic opportunities there after the Civil War. abolishes slavery Made Black Codes illegal Election of Hayes First African American Senator Goal: to gain economic opportunity and make a decent life for themselves exercising new found freedoms the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or color Enforcement Acts 13th Amendment Considered by many to be the end of Reconstruction because of a deal to remove the military from the South Carpetbagger Radical Republicans
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