1850 Compromise of 1850- Fugitive Slave act 1851 Uncle Tom’s Cabin- 300‚000 copies‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe May 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act- practice popular soverieghty 1855 Bleeding Kansas- fight for slave or free state‚ 200 died May 1856 Charles Sumner was beat by Southerner Preston Brooks for talking bad about slavery March 6‚ 1857 Dred Scott Decision- went north with owner then back south. Claimed to be free‚ sued but was told he was not a citizen and therefor a slave 1859 John Brown Raid-
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Long Drive was a term used by Texas ranchers to describe the route they took to herd cattle from Missouri to the far reaches of Kansas to access the railroad in hopes of moving their livestock up to the northeast where they would profit more. Unfortunately due to the Civil War there was an abundance of cattle in the state which led to a decrease in monetary gain‚ so having the option to sell their cows up north was very significant to their wellbeing. Open Range Ranching was simply free land that
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emancipation‚ then that state can be reintegrated into the Union. People in the North began to move down South to support the Union over there‚ such as northerns called carpetbaggers and southerns who were already there that supported Union known as scalawags‚ they organized to create constitutional conventions. They created new state constitutions to set new directions for southern states. Also educated blacks moved down to support the uneducated slaved blacks‚ and the natural leaders that stepped
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in the war who worked behind the scenes for armies of the North. During Reconstruction‚ blacks exercised political power for the first time in the South. They were included as authors of new state constitutions‚ along with military governments‚ scalawags‚ and carpetbaggers. On January 1st 1863‚ the Emancipation came into effect. It was a proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln that declared freedom for all slaves in states still in rebellion against the federal government. This meant that
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Reconstruction: North and South What were the different approaches to Reconstruction? How did Congress try to reshape southern society? What was the role of African Americans in the postwar south? What were the main issues in national politics in the 1870s? The War’s Aftermath Important questions arose o Should the Confederate leaders be tried for treason? o How should new governments be formed? o How and at whose expense was the South’s economy to be rebuilt? o Should
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The reconstruction era was going good until the North ended it. recent arrivals from the North‚ and scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction. The 13th‚ 14th‚ 15th amendment was to help African Americans and this dream come true. However‚ in the early 1870’s‚ the tide shifted. Southern states began to elect governments dedicated to whites-only rule. When Rutherford B. Hayes agreed to remove For a while‚ it seemed that the dream of federal soldiers‚ he was simply putting an end
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a war hero?? Run for office and most likely win. Women’s suffrage : homestead act. Women that moved out west were more independent with the farms‚ were widows b/c their husbands died. More independent women in the west. Carpetbaggers and scalawags: Carpetbaggers: entreps from the north. Sc: southerners who believe in northern stuff. A lot of free open land‚ start businesses Go down
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Chapter 16 - Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution‚ 1865-1877 I. Introduction The end of the Civil War brought profound changes to the United States. Reconstruction changed some things‚ but it did little regarding social equality and political turmoil. In the end‚ the government established black suffrage‚ but this reform proved insufficient to remake the South or to guarantee human rights. II. Wartime Reconstruction A. Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan Lincoln planned for a swift
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Dylan Huddleston Chapter 17 Terms Ten Percent Plan- When the number of Confederates reached 10 percent of the number who had voted in the 1860 election‚ this group could establish a legitimate state government. Focused on acceptance by the reconstructed governments of the abolition of slavery. Radical Republicans- Advocated not only equal rights for the freed-men but a tougher stance toward the white south. Wade-Davis Bill- Required 50 percent of a seceding states white male citizens to take
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northern encroachment. This traditional view can also be asserted as a racist view. The other popular view is called the revisionist view‚ and it deems the Ku Klux Klan a violent and disrespectful organization set on overthrowing the rule of Negros‚ scalawags‚ and carpetbaggers. This essay will look at the horrific acts committed by the Klan during the period of reconstruction‚ question the morality of such acts‚ and conclude that it is certain that the Ku Klux Klan was in a terrorist organization which
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