1. End of Reconstruction
End with the Election of 1876 and the Hayes-Tilden Compromise (Election ends in a draw)
Hayes-Tilden Compromise
Republican Candidate Hayes wins presidency
Republicans must withdraw the military from the South
South will no longer have military protection
Democrats will control states governments in the South

2. South After Reconstruction
Sharecropping
Most former slaves and poor whites will be sharecroppers
Farmers who must pay rent for the land they use
Most are poor and barely able to get by
Black Codes
Laws passed by Southern states to limit blacks from certain things (owning guns or testifying against whites)
Ku Klux Klan
Hate group formed to intimidate blacks and prevent them from voting and enjoying new freedoms (13, 14, 15 amendments)

3. South After Reconstruction
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)- US Supreme Court case that ruled on segregation- said separate but equal was Constitutional
Defend segregation and Jim Crow laws in the South
Jim Crow- laws set up in South to segregate blacks and whites and provide separate facilities (restaurants, hospitals, schools, etc)

4. Scalawag and Carpetbagger
Northerner who moved South during Reconstruction
Negative view- wanted to become wealthy and take advantage of poor southerners
Scalawag
Southerner who supported the Republican party (who opposed slavery)
Seen as sell-out by other Southerners- most white southerners will belong to Democratic party

5. Westward Movement Reasons to move west Cheap land
Religious freedom- Mormons move to Utah
Gold, silver- 49ers in California
Escape segregation and slavery

6. Westward Expansion Homestead Act Passed in 1862
Offered cheap land in Oklahoma and midwest states
Agree to stay on land for 5-10 years
Morrill-Land Grant Act
States get money to start colleges for agriculture and technology