Reconstruction Notes (3)

• How did white southerners fight back against the freedom of African Americans?

  Formed the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
• How did this group spread its message?

  Threats and violence. Membership was common among white southern men.
• How does President Grant respond to the KKK?

  Passed the Enforcement Act in 1870.
• What happens to the KKK at the time of the Enforcement Act?


  Prevented klansmen from interfering with voting rights of blacks. Thousands were arrested and tried; Klan virtually wiped out because of this.
• By 1812, what was the status of Confederates in the South and the Democratic party?


  Most had been pardoned and Democratic party regained much power in the South
• Who were the candidates for President in 1876?


  Republican Rutherford B. Hayes versus Democrat Samuel J. Tilden
• What were the results of the Election of 1876?


  Hayes won and received one more electoral vote than Tilden by Tilden had won the popular vote
• How many states had disputed results?

  Four states
• What were the provision of the Compromise of 1877?

  1. More Republicans than Democrats
  2. Hayes becomes President in exchange for removing federal troops from the South and Democrats now had full control of the South
• What were some of the major successes of Reconstruction?

  1. Union restored
  2. Economy saved
  3. 14th and 16th amendments
  4. More opportunities for African American
  5. Southern states implement mandatory education
• In what ways was Reconstruction a failure?

  1. Bitterness of white southerners toward federal government increased
  2. South is slow to industrialize
  3. Southern state governments and KKK deny benefits of the 14th and 15th amendments
  4. Southerners left in poverty
  5. Racist attitudes toward African Americans
• 13th Amendment: Abolished slavery
• 14th Amendment: Anyone who is born in the U.S. is a citizens and is granted equal protection under the law
• 15 Amendment: Voting rights for qualified citizens