The results of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 and 1868. These acts divided the former Confederate states into 5 districts that were placed under military control.

In 1866 New Orleans, A bloody clash between freedman and former Confederates who were marching over the issue of voting rights for freedman.

Occurred in Grant Parish due to the results of the 1872 election and resulted in the death of approximately 150 Republicans. This event was the single deadliest instance of politically motivated violence to occur during Reconstruction.

A revolt mounted by the White League in New Orleans in which they planned to overthrow the state government and forcibly remove Governor Kellogg from office. This was successful for a single day, until Federal troops arrived and restored Governor Kellogg’s power.

A paramilitary group, formed in 1874, that was committed to restoring the state to white Democratic rule by whatever means necessary.

A Secret paramilitary organization from in St. Mary Parish that used methods intended to create terror among potential black Republican voters.

An insulting term applied to northerners who came south during Reconstruction (carrying a small carpet bag); they were suspected of taking advantage of postwar conditions to gain political power and profit.

Lt. Governor under Henry Clay Warmoth, became the first African American governor of Louisiana in 1872 after Warmoth was forced to step down due to impeachment charges.

The name given to former slaves.

Period between the end of the Civil War and 1877; describes attempts to reconstruct the nation in the aftermath of secession and civil war.

Political power given to political subdivisions to govern their own affairs; the term used to describe the return of white Democratic political control after Reconstruction.

Democrats who, after Military Reconstruction, saw themselves as redeeming southern honor as they returned white Democratic control to the South.

Founded in 1865 to provide emergency southerners, black and white, establish schools and perform marriages for former slaves; and reestablish and regulate labor relations between former slaves and masters.

Founded during Reconstruction to determine whether election outcomes (returns) were legitimate or the product of fraud/intimidation.

President Lincoln's plan for reconstruction that was considered very lenient to the Confederacy. Requiring only a small percentage of each state's voters to pledge allegiance to the Union before they could begin the process of rejoining the United States.

Laws passed in many Southern states after the Civil War that were designed to regulate labor, movement, and behavior of former slaves.

To take away the right to vote from someone.

The process of bringing charges of wrongdoing against a political official while that official is still in office.

Members of Congress who thought the people of the South should be punished for seceding and causing the war.