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| The Reconstruction era lasted |
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| compensation that was to be awarded to freed American slaves after the Civil War |
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| continues to prohibit, slavery, and, with limited exceptions such as those convicted of a crime, prohibits involuntary servitude |
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| requires the states to provide equal protection under the law to all persons (not only to citizens) within their jurisdictions |
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| provides that governments in the United States may not prevent a citizen from voting because of his race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery) |
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| Presidential Reconstruction |
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| (1863-1866) controlled by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, with the goal of quickly reuniting the country |
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| (1866-1873) emphasizing civil rights and voting rights for the Freedmen, backed by the Radical Republicans |
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| generous in his Reconstruction plan |
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| (1867) denied the President of the United States the power to remove from office anyone who had been appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate unless the Senate also approved the removal |
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| federal agency that was formed during Reconstruction to aid distressed refugees of the American Civil War |
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| federal agency that was formed during Reconstruction to aid distressed refugees of the American Civil War |
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| laws passed on the state and local level in the United States to restrict the civil rights and civil liberties of Black People, particularly former slaves in former Confederate states |
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| focused as much on intimidating "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" as on putting down the freed slaves |
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| involves a relatively richer owner of the land and a poorer agricultural worker or farmer |
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| payments to the owner either of a fixed portion of the product, in cash or in a combination |
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| outsiders attempting to gain political office or economic advantage, especially in areas (thematically or geographically) to which they previously had no connection |
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| southern, white, republican |
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| "The Unreconstructed South" |
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| The South's infrastructure had been destroyed - manufacturing had almost ceased. Few banks were solvent and in some areas starvation was imminent. General Sherman had virtually destroyed large areas on his "march to the sea". |
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| 1876 Presidential Election |
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| remove the federal troops that were propping up Republican state governments in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana |
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| electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party |
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| mandated "separate but equal" status for black Americans, name originated from blackface performances |
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| upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accomodations (particularly railroads), under the doctrine of "separate but equal" |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| overturned Plessy v. Ferguson |
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| asserted that the black community should be granted equal rights immediately following the Civil War |
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| maintained that the black community should focus its efforts on elevating overall economic (and educational) status |
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