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- By 1876, ___ controlled the states of the "___".
- Dispute over segregated railroad cars declaring segregation legal if the establishments are ___ and led to the first segregated school systems; lasted until 1954.
- Grant won re-election in 1872 but lost support due to the ___ uncovered in his first term.
- ___ segregation laws led many ___ to migrate to Kansas in 1877.
- Radical Republicans added ___ amendments to the Constitution to guarantee the rights of former slaves.
- Corruption led to the formation of the moderate ___ who forced Grant to back away from harsh Reconstruction policies.
- After the 1868 election, Southern ___ improved, social programs expanded, and spread ___ in the South.
- Grant favored ___ over ___. Massive ___ bankrupted many railroads and banks with ___ people becoming unemployed.
- The ___ claimed the 14th Amendment applied only to the federal government and not the state governments.
- After the election of 1868, African Americans were elected to Congress, such as ___ to the Senate.
- Congress adopted the ___ to take control of Reconstruction away from the President.
- Southerners believed that the ___ would leave the South and things would return to pre-Reconstruction conditions.
- Most slaves did not receive land from the government (___).
- The ___ used lynching to intimidate scalawags, blacks, and Republicans.
- The South's belief that the North would leave was supported by Grant's ___ of the new laws hoping to lessen tension.
- The Supreme Court further weakened Reconstruction by siding with the ___.
- Election of 1868: ___, hero of Civil War, generally gave control to Congress.
- Lincoln favored a ___ of reconstruction emphasized in his ___: "With malice toward none..."
- The ___ claimed the 14th Amendment did not prohibit the denial of civil rights to individuals and therefore opened the way to segregation.
- Northerners running Reconstruction programs/making a profit were named ___.