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- Some helpedOthers were dishonestMany Reconstruction era governments in the South were accused of ___
- African Americans were:Unable to get ___Refused ____ (extra time to pay for goods)___ by the K.K.K.the KKK Killed thousandsBacked by Southern DemocratsLaws to stop them = unsuccessful
- rural economyWanted to shift to smaller farms raising a variety of cropsWhat ended up happening was ____ - not very profitableMany farmers were in debt and couldn't pay back merchantsToo much of a focus was still on ____
- A New PolicyHayes announced that what the South needed was local ___Southern leaders would now handle ___ issues at the local level
- Many were convinced that they needed to ____Based on ____ in the South___, ____, ___ mills in the 1880s/90sMore ______ remained the primary economic activity
- Compromise of 1877Republican Rutherford B. Hayes would ___ the electionThe new gov't would give more ___ to the SouthAll remaining ___ in South would leaveMarked the end of ___
- ___:_____ Act - allowed former ___ to participate in government once again.
- Worked to enforce ___ as the political and social order of the South
- Resulted in a ___ of African American voters
- Election of 1868 - Most Southern states had re-joined the UnionRepublicans nominated whoDemocrats chose whowho received a large number of African American votes in the South and won
- Burned ___ and ___ (killing without a trial) individuals
- ___ Anti-Klan laws___ could be declared by the President(This happened in ___)Certain acts became _____Federal ___ were authorized to break up Klan activity
- 15th Amendment prevented states from keeping African Americans from voting but Southerners found ways around it Poll tax was
- After a 3 month trial in the Senate, Johnson was found ___
- Dedicated themselves to an ___ campaign of violence and intimidation
- Wanted to reverse __ policies that gave freedmen equality in public life
- In the Compromise of 1877, who would be selectedHe would have to appoint a ____ to the cabinetMore money would be set aside for ___ in the South____ would need to be removed and local order would be restoredMarked the official end of ___
- Topics brought up - the right to challenge ___ considered ___, the use of the presidential ___...
- Offered ___ to white Southerners but not Confederate leaders
- they Attracted defeated ___ who resented the changes of Reconstruction