![]() ![]() Pressured congress to uphold justice for freedmanĪfter black got their right this groups organized marrying g at churches and stuff to instruct freedman on political issues scalawags A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners carpetbaggers A derogatory term applied to Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to take advantage of opportunities to advance their own fortunes convict leasing Notorious system, begun during reconstruction, whereby southern state officials allowed private companies to hire out prisoners to labor under brutal conditions in mines and other industries Civil Rights Act of 1875 A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment. In 1860s black and white republicans joined forces through the - a secret fraternal orderįormed in border states and northern cities during civil war ![]() ![]() Sharecroppers remained dependent on landowners and in debt to merchants Union League the black political organization that promoted self-help and defense of political rights ![]() Happersett the court acknowledged that women were citizens but found that the constitution did not guarantee women citizens the right to vote sharecropping A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops. ![]()
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