1. Congressional Success Government Protection Freedmen’s Bureau

2. Freedman’s Bureau A Federal Agency created to provide relief for freedpeople and certain poor people in the South Only 900 agents for the entire South Food, Education, Legal Help Biggest success was education: –150,000 students –3,000 Schools –Howard University and Fisk University

3. Pres. Johnson and the Freedman’s Bureau President Johnson disagreed with the idea of a Freedman’s Bureau This angered the Radical Republicans in Congress They decided on a plan to remove him from power

4. A Governmental Showdown Impeachment Charge: Abuse of Power Cleared by one vote Stanton

5. African American Activism Equal rights Community Organization Political Representation

6. Ku Klux Klan Terrorist group Nathan Bedford Forrest Lynching and burnings Fear and intimidation Forrest

7. Redeemers Democratic political coalition Wanted to “Redeem” the southern way of life Black Codes Segregation Voting Restriction –Poll taxes –Literacy Tests –Grandfather Clause Sharecropping

8. Election of 1876 Democrat Samuel Tilden Republican Rutherford B. Hayes Too close to call A deal had to be made Tilden