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Freedmen's Bureau Act
it was given the task of feeding and clothing war refugees in the south using surplus army supplies. -
Fisk University
a college opened to help further educate African Americans in the south after the civil war -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States except Native Americans. it allowed African Americans to own property andstated that they were to be treated equally in court -
Morehouse College
was established to help futher african americans education in the south -
Howard University
is a non-profit college started after the civil war by a group of Congregationalists who wanted a seminary for African American ministers -
Military Reconstructyion Act
divided the confederacy into 5 districts and a union general was placed incharge of each district. they had to give the right to vote to all adult male citizens regardless of race. they had to ratify the 14th amendment before they were aloud to elect member to congress. -
Hamption Institute
was started to teach african americans a trade or agricultural techniques -
Fourteenth Amendment
this amendement granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and declared that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or prepperty "with out due process of law." -
Fifthteenth Amendment
declared the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condtion of servitude -
redeeming the south
took place through out all of the 1870s. many southerners wanted to regain control of their state and local governments from republicans. southers terriost groups such as the KKK and the Knights of the White Camellia intimedated African Americans and white voters. so democrats resorted to stuffing ballot boxes, bribing voters and stealing ballot boxes. -
Ku Klux Klan Act
this outlawed the activites of the Klan. -
Panic of 1873
started in early september and went on for another year. endured a severe econmic crisis. many banks closed and the stock market plumeted. thousands of buinesses shut down and unemployment soared. -
Whiskey Ring
a group og government officails and distillers in st. louis cheated the government out of millions of dollars by filing false tax reports -
compromise of 1877
historians are not sure if a deal was actually mad or, if so, what its exact terms were. it reportedly included a promise by Rep. to pull troops out of the south if hayes were elected, and that is what happened within a month of hayes taking office. -
share cropping in the south
agriculture was a hige part of the economy in the south
