Ch 6 Reconstruction Era & AR History

President after Lincoln; former slave owner.

• William Grey

• Andrew Johnson

• Powell Clayton

• William Polk

Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War..

• carpetbaggers

• freeds

• scalawags

• rebels

Union Leagues in Arkansas were organized to

• bring Democratic support.

• create new. political parties

• get people together for entertainment.

• give southern Unionists a place to discuss politics.

During Republican Powell Clayton's term as governor, men were..

• forced to vote for Republican candidates.

• welcomed into government positions.

• shot in cold blood for refusing to support Democratic candidates.

• arrest for supporting slavery.

Southern Democrats believed their main role was to

• redeem the South from the violence and corruption of the Reconstruction Era.

• force Arkansas citizens to accept northern ways.

• resolve the presidential election of 1877.

• push troops out of all southern states.

African American delegat from Chicot County who went on to become a county sheriff.

• Isaac Murphy

• Powell Clayton

• Andrew Johnson

• James Mason

Secret society founded in Tennessee.. fear and violence to unionists and freedmen in Arkansas?

• Progressives

• Redeemer Democrats

• Scalawags

• Ku Klux Klan

Nickname given to southern unionists who were extremely unpopular Arkansas Democrats during Reconstruction?

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• Freedmen

• Brindletails

What major factor contributed to the decline of the KKK and other similar groups?

• The Compromise of 1877

• The Brooks-Baxter War

• The Enforcement Acts

• Lincoln's assassination

Purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests..

• limited violence against carpetbaggers and scalawags

• ended Reconstruction in Arkansas

• laws brought education reform to Arkansas

• requirements disenfranchised African American voters