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Reconstruction, 1865–1877 - Coggle Diagram
Reconstruction, 1865–1877
This chapter covers the Freedmen's Bureau, Reconstruction plans, how African Americans got involved in politics and built their communities, as well as the growth of violence against them.
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Republican Rule
Main ideas
• After Republicans seized control and enacted significant reforms, all former Confederate states re-joined the Union.
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Scalawags, or white Southerners, backed Reconstruction and allied with Republicans.
With the construction of roads, railroads, hospitals, and supported industries, the South was rebuilt.
To resist Reconstruction and keep African Americans from voting, the Ku Klux Klan formed.
To combat violence, Congress passed enforcement legislation.
Reconstruction Collaped
Main ideas
• Grant was reelected, but scandals tarnished his image.
• The Republicans suffered politically as a result of the Panic of 1873, a serious economic crisis.
• The electoral votes of Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida in the 1876 election were in question.
• After the end of reconstruction, the economy recovered, but many African Americans took up sharecropping.