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Wade-Davis Bill
Moderates and radical's alternative plan to Lincoln's. Required the majority of the adult white males in a former confederate state to take an oath of allegience to the Union -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
This is was an effort to override the black codes. This act granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States except Native Americans. -
the Klu Klux Klan
This is one of the largest most violent secret societies of racism. This was started from a group of Confederate soldiers and its goal was to intimidate African American voters to try to control the South for the Dempcratic Party. -
Military Reconstruction Act
This act divided the former Confederacy, except for Tennessee. They were put into five military districts, with a Union general placed in charge of each. -
Impeachment of President Johnson
Senate voted 35 to 19 that Johnson was guilty. Many senators believed it would set a dangerous precedent to impeach a president because he did not agree with congressional policies. -
Howard University
This University was named after General Oliver Howard. This was first to be a seminary for African American ministers but later became the first law school for African Americans. -
The Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
This Amendment declared that everyone has the right to vote. This was the Congress' realization of the importance of African American voters. -
A desire to learn
4,000 schools and 9,000 teachers- half being African American- taught 200,000 formerly enslaved people of all ages. Reconstruction governments built a comprehensive public school system in the South. -
Klu Klux Klan Act
This Act outlawed the activities of the Klan. Over 3,000 Klan members were arrested in the South, however only 600 were convicted and fewer served time in prison. -
The Panic of 1873
At this time it was a severe economic crisis. Dozens of smaller banks closed and the stock market plummeted. Thousands of buisnesses shut down and the unemployment soared. -
"Whiskey Ring"
A group of government officials and distillers in St.Louis cheated the government out of millions of dollers by filing false tax reports. -
The education for African American children
By this time about 40% of all African American children, about 600,000, attended schools. -
President Hayes' inaugural speech
Hayes announced that he wanted to move the country beyond reconstruction. After this in April 1877 he pulled troops out of the South. -
Compromise of 1877
This included a promise by the Republicans to pull federal troops out of the South if Hayes were elected. -
The "New South"
By this time almost 40,000 miles of track for railroads were built with the help of powerful Southerners and Northern financers. Many industries were also growing such as the iron and steel industry, and tobacco processing became big buisness along with cotton mills.
