Reconstruction Era Key Terms

1867-8 laws that threw out the southern state governments that had refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and created military districts run by General Ulysses Grant.

Being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.

Elected black Mississippi Republican Senators during Reconstruction.

Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

An action by Congress to accuse the President, Vice President, or other government officers of committing 'Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.'

Deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) & Samuel Tilden (Dem.). Hayes was awarded presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.

The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law.

The act of bringing together people of different races.