* A voters poll tax
* a required literacy test
After the Civil War, blacks held a variety of political offices such as serving in local and state legislatures, city councils, and as sheriffs, mayors, and even members of the U.S. Congress. African Americans played a significant role in Reconstruction governments in the South and made historic advances in political representation during this period.
reconstruction
Southern military leaders weren't allowed to hold office during reconstruction.
The South had developed a more balanced economy after Reconstruction
In 1896
Southern white Republicans 'scalawags'
Ulysses S. Grant had the best reconstruction plan for the southern white people. The reconstruction era took place from 1865 to 1877.
Most Southern Democrats supported President Lincoln's Reconstruction plan.
Pardon
He pardon them
scalawags
Tennessee.