1. Reconstruction Ends

2. 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

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. Compromise of 1877 Federal troops withdrawn from the South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