Excellent Military Strategists
From Ohio
Poor Judge of Character
Corrupt Cabinet
Alcoholic
Passionate cigar smoker
Brought in 15 Amendment
Voters could not be denied the right to vote based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
Blacks granted the right to vote
Expands republican party voter turn out
Half a million blacks voted
Illiterate
By 1870, all former states back in the Union
Brought military presence into the South
Tennessee joins Union right at the start of the war
Scalawags-White Southerners sympathetic to Reconstruction, "traitors" to the South
Carpet Baggers-Northerners who moved to the South to reap the benefits
African Americans-Eager to vote, illiterate, educated with the help of Freedmen's Bureau.
Low interest loans
Ku Klux Klan
Most Southern whites use nonviolent economic pressure to keep blacks in their place
Minority of Southern whites actively resist, respond with violence
KKK vigilante group acts in secrecy to intimidate blacks and supporters
Nathan Bedford Forrest, civil war general + imperial Wizard of the KKK
Despite gains for blacks, intense southern opposition evident in terror groups (KKK), suspicion of northerners true interests, and a general loss of interest limited change
Southern whites actively resist change
Instances of violence increase as blacks go to the polls
Despite Southern resistance, Republican party strong, making improvements
Weakens because of Grant and radicals
Southern Democrats gain political power.
Democrats strike politcal deal to withdraw federal troops from the south in exchange for election of Pres. Hayes.
Reconstruction ends. Success or failure?
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