American Experience Reconstruction period

Lincoln's philosophy was one of forgiveness. He showed malice towards none.

Some members of Congress thought Johnson was too kind to the South

Black codes were laws that severely restricted the rights of newly freed African Americans

No interracial marriage

The Radical Republicans were extremely anti-slavery and furious at Lincoln for his leniency. They wanted an entirely changed South

An atrocious, horrendeous group of violent and cruel whites who terrorized African Americans and white sympathists

The Klan reacted violently to Radical Republicans' policies. They attacked more blacks.

A system in which a weathly patron gives land and materials in exchange for a percentage of the person's crop.

What a white southerner called a northener who they believed was only in the South to make a profit.

The Supreme Court ruled that non state institutions and indivuals were allowed to be racist. Then the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was nullified. This lead to African American migrating North, scared for their lives.

They were trapped in low paying jobs. They had poor housing and no voice in government.