Reconstruction

1865-1870 brief period of time after the Civil War when the US was trying to rebuild the government

 would allow former Confederate states to rejoin and establish governments after 10% of their male population made loyalty oaths and the state recognized that former slaves were now free

Gave pardons to all white Southerners except for wealthy plantation owners and Confederate leaders

republicans that wanted complete change, often wanted to redistribute land from the Confederate slave holders and give it to former enslaved people

Ended slavery (1865)

 legal protection, citizenship rights for everyone born in the us, equal protection for all clause (1868)

voting rights, can’t deny people the right to vote based on race or if they were former slaves (1870)

all people born in the us are citizens despite race or if they were former slaves, vetoed by Andrew Johnson but overturned by Congress

a government sector formed to help former enslaved people get food, shelter, medical service, and land (1865-1872)

after the Civil War many Southerners still resisted African-Americans getting rights and thought that it would take away their rights; Southerners resisting freedom of black people and wanting to keep the social structure and recreate slavery as much as possible.

a landowner would let people use their land and in exchange they would get part of their crops

southern resistance organization, formed in 1866 by former Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, responsible for many deaths and non fatal attacks on black people in the US

a series of local laws that many Southern towns put in place to limit the rights of black people living near them

16 African Americans served on the U.S. Congress during Reconstruction and over 600 were elected to local and state governments during this time

a compromise made after Hayes won the 1876 election the South got 5 things in return: withdrawal of troops, financial aid on the Texas-Pacific Railroad, internal improvement in the South, federal patronage, and 1 southerner on the cabinet.

not being allowed to use public beaches, restriction about which bathrooms could be used, children not being allowed to go to school together

a court case in 1896 that made it so segregating seat in rail cars would be legal in Louisiana