AMH 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Convict Lease, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Radical Republican
14 Mar 2018
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Land owner provided land, seed, and tools to a poor farmer in exchange for a "share" of their crop. Called this because of the green dye used on the printed dollars. Civil war to help pay for the war. Thousands of businesses closed, millions of workers lost their jobs, and those with jobs saw their wages slashed. White democrats who "saved" the south from republican control and "black rule. " These people used the race issue to excite the white electorate and intimidate black voters. Republicans promised if hayes were named president, he would remove the last federal troops from the south. This was the first federal law in the united states that defined citizenship and affirmed that all citizens are equally protected by the law. (not to be confused with the 14th amendment. ) Ulysses s. grant: the republican candidate whose campaign was, "let us have peace. " Horatio seymour: the democratic candidate who was a passionate critic of congressional reconstruction.
