Republican Rule

A Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877).

• Freedmen
• Carpetbagger
• Ku Klux Klan
  
• Amnesty

A Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction was called

• Freedmen
• Carpetbagger
• Ku Klux Klan
  
• Amnesty

Southern Laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.

• Poll Tax
  
• Black Codes
  
• Ten Percent Plan
  
• Homestead Act of 1862
  

Small farmers from the South who supported the Republicans efforts during Reconstruction were called ___________.

• Scalawags
• Carpetbaggers
• Freedmen
• Tenant Farmers

How were carpetbaggers viewed by the South?

• Unwanted and thought of as taking advantage of the South
• they were seen as mysterious and strange
• Heroes who were going to help get rid of the Republicans
• Mostly accepted by the south

Scalawags get their name from 

• Scots Irish for weak and worthless dog
• A scallop caught with the shrimp while fishing
• A dog with a big wagging tail
• A mythical and heroic creature

Carpetbaggers wanted 

• Take advantage of political opportunities
• Build and teach in schools for African Americans
• Take advantage of southern economic conditions
• All of the above

Under Republican Rule

• Many African Americans participated in the political process
• Many African Americans began to go to school
• Black codes were repealed
• all of the above

Graft

• means to be forced to join the military
• is what African Americans were taught in school
• is to make money by illegal methods
• a positive effect of Republican Rule

African American churches were used for social gatherings, political gatherings and schools

• True
• False