Reconstruction overview

Oath of loyalty, high ranking officials excluded, general amnesty granted

pardons granted with loyalty oath, abolishment of slavery required, bu did not advocate for rights, special required for high ranking officials and property owner, state required to repeal secession

Democratize south establish public education, ensure rights, land confiscation and redistribution, abolishment of slavery and exclude south from union for several years until goals were achieved

Northerners relocating to south to take advantage of war-torn region

southerns who support Reconstruction and republican party

advocated for abolishment of slavery, civil rights and limited rights of former confederates

supported limited federal role and denounced racial equality 

Pro-slavery southerners not in support of federal intervention post-war

did not support federal intervention in the south and focused on eliminating corruption and high tariffs 

federal agency with goal of aiding former slaves (education, food, housing, health care)

former confederates who drive out union troops, carpetbaggers and slowed black progress using imitation and violence

relationship between  plantation owners and former slaves. The landowner allows the tenant to use the land in return for a fixed amount of crop per unit of land

tenant pays rent for the land they farm

when tenant does not make enough money to  meet their financial obligations

southern politicians pass laws limiting rights of freedmen. (observe curfew, live in housing provided by landowner, exclusion from state-schools and orphanages)

whites exempt form examination, Immigrants and blacks must pass to vote

one time fee meant to raise funds to pay for civil war and disenfranchise the poor and blacks

Eliminated slavery and gave congress power to enforce this legislation.

citizenship granted to all born or naturalized. state cannot take life, liberty or property.Confederate debt null and void, confederate officials barred from public office.

Forbade state to deny right to vote based race, color or previous condition

1867: Southern states readmitted to Union  military districts established in south to oversee reconstruction

Guaranteed black people equal accomindations as whites

ended federal reconstructions democrats and republicans strike deal. Democrats Rutherford B Hayes elected as president in exchange for the removal of federal troops in the south (supported by republicans)