Reconstruction Ends

Johnson Impeached Johnson impeached (call into question/charged) for his stance on the South Had done nothing of merit to be removed Bad relationship with Congress and Radical Republicans

Grant Elected War hero Willing to work with congress Pass 15th amendment Loopholes for Southern States

Carpet Baggers People from the North that came to the South Attempted to profit from reconstruction Sometimes sought election in area with no local connection

Scalawags Southerner’s name for anyone working for the new government Traitor to the South For personal profit

Sharecropping Top 5% now owned half the land Landless whites and blacks competed for land Landowner dictated the crop Provide place to live Provide seeds and tools Sharecropper got small share Landowners sold supplies on credit at high interest-put sharecroppers in debt

Ku Klux Klan Started by Ex-Confederates Used intimidation and violence to return political power to whites Attacked and killed African Americans, and whites who also helped

Jim Crow 1881-blacks had everything separate from whites Segregation-legal separation in public places Jim Crow Laws-enforced the segregation of the South

The Ending Radical Republicans lose power in Congress in 1874 1876 Election Rutherford B. Hayes wins election Needed to be recounted Shows power struggle between North and South

Compromise of 1877 Federal troops withdrawn from the South Southerner appointed to powerful cabinet position South guaranteed federal subsides to build railroads and improve ports South now known as the “Solid South” for Democrats