Reconstruction Era Key Terms

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Reconstruction Acts

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1867-8 laws that threw out the southern state governments that had refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and created military districts run by General Ulysses Grant.

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Disenfranchisement

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Being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.

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Revels and Bruce

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Elected black Mississippi Republican Senators during Reconstruction.

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15th Amendment

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Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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Impeachment

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An action by Congress to accuse the President, Vice President, or other government officers of committing 'Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.'

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Compromise of 1877

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Deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) & Samuel Tilden (Dem.). Hayes was awarded presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.

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Civil Rights

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The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law.

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Integration

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The act of bringing together people of different races.