U.S. history Reconstruction

abolished slavery

Organization run by the army to care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War

Union general who headed the Freedmen's Bureau

was the President's idea of reconstruction : all states had to end slavery, states had to declare that their secession was illegal, and men had to pledge their loyalty to the U.S.

pledged loyalty to union by ten percent of the southern states votes towards the union and emncipation.

an 1864 plan for Reconstruction that denied the right to vote or hold office for anyone who had fought for the Confederacy...Lincoln refused to sign this bill thinking it was too harsh.

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves

also called radical or military reconstruction, to ten years (1867-77) of northern occupation in teh south meant to guarantee the rights and freedom of former slaves

first congressional attempt to guarantee black rights in the south, passed over johnson's veto

Radical Republican against the slave power who insults Andrew Butler and subsequently gets caned by Preston Brooks

A radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South. Leader of the radical Republicans in Congress.

group that viewed Reconstruction as a practical matter of restoring states into the Union and keeping the former Confederates out of government

set up martial law (military rule) in the South , nullified Johnson's programs

1868 violated the Tenure of Office Act, but really was because of his stubborn defiance of Congress on Reconstruction. Fell one vote short

North Carolina free black, he became a senator in 1870.

An American politician. Bruce represented Mississippi as a U.S. Senator from 1875 to 1881 and was the first black to serve a full term in the Senate.

southern whites who supported republican policy throught reconstruction

northern whites who moved to the south and served as republican leaders during reconstruction

a secret society of white Southerners in the United States

A series of laws designed to protect black suffrage by authorizing the use of the army against the Ku Klux Klan

term used to describe the domination of post-Civil War southern politics by the Democratic Party

romantic name given to the Southern fight for independence, indicating nobility despite defeat