The End of Reconstruction

Identify all of the problems associated with Reconstruction

• Southern state governments raised taxes to build new schools, hospitals, and roads

• Despite the presence of the U.S. Army, violence towards freedmen, carpetbaggers, and scalawags by white supremacist groups (ex: KKK) was still very common in the South.

• The southern economy was still struggling in the 1870s.

• African Americans were frustrated with their lack of land ownership. Most were stuck as sharecroppers or tenant farmers.

When did Reconstruction end?

• the Compromise of 1877
• the death of President Grant
• after the 15th Amendment
• the Panic of 1873

Who are the Redeemers?

• Southern Democrats who regained control of southern state governments.

• Southerners who supported Johnson

• abolitionists who helped newly freed slaves

• Republicans who helped with Reconstruction

Jim Crow laws 

• kept blacks and whites separate in public places 
• helped stop segregation in most southern states
• were passed to help blacks vote
• were supposed to stop discrimination

Segregation means 

• the forced separation of blacks and whites
• the forced separation of north and south
• the government can't stop people from voting
• racial equality 

What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• it ended segregation
• it made segregation legal
• it ruled against the Ku Klux Klan
• it declared the poll tax unconstitutional 

Why did the Compromise of 1877 happen ?

• The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1899 U.S. Presidential election.

• The Compromise of 1877 happened because the citizens food wasn't cooked correctly.

• The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election.

• The Compromise of 1877 was reached to abolish slavery.

Why was the compromise of 1877 important?

• The compromise of 1877 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1876 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

• The compromise of 1877 was important because it calmed the dispute of the 1896 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

• The compromise of 1987 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1986 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

• The compromise of 1890 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1987 election and it pulled the people out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.