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The age of Reconstruction
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Radical Republicans Demand civil rights for freedmen
Want to punish the South Occupy the South with Union soldiers
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Life During Reconstruction
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Carpetbaggers & Scalawags
Northerners who move south to make $$$ Scalawag – Southerner who supports the Union
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The Freedmen’s Bureau helps former slaves with schools, getting jobs & housing
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Elections African-Americans voted into office (Hiram Revels – 1st African American senator)
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Sharecropping Many former slaves work plantations Similar to slavery
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Black Codes Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of blacks
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Former Generals Robert E. Lee urges Southerners to reconcile
Served as president of Washington College
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Former Generals Ulysses S. Grant elected president
Advocates for rights of freed slaves 15th Amendment passes guaranteeing voting rights
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The End of Reconstruction
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Election of 1876 Republican Rutherford B. Hayes
Vs. Democrat Samuel Tilden
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results Popular Vote Hayes Tilden 4,036, ,284,020 Tilden Vs. Hayes
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results Tilden won 184 electoral votes Hayes won 165 electoral votes
20 electoral votes in dispute (Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina) Each party reported its candidate had won those states
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A Corrupt Bargain Since Reconstruction, Union troops occupy South
Control election boards Fix the election so that Hayes wins
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Compromise of 1877 Democrats agree not to dispute results
All troops pulled out of the South The Age of Reconstruction is over
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The Jim Crow Era KKK takes power in Southern states
Segregation of races States find ways to deny rights to blacks
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The Jim Crow Era
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