Analyze the Compromise of 1877 as federal abandonment that allowed Reconstruction's violent overthrow — NOT natural collapse; document KKK + White Leagues + Red Shirts + Colfax 1873 + Hamburg 1876 + Mississippi Plan 1875 + Enforcement Acts 1870-1871 + Slaughter-House 1873 + Cruikshank 1876 + Civil Rights Cases 1883 + Compromise of 1877 per Foner 1988 + Du Bois 1935 + Gates 2019
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~4 min
hist.g8.f.ex_35
Short Answer
Prompt
When was the Colfax Massacre + how many Black men were killed?
How it's presented
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Answer criteria
type
rubric
criteria
- April 13 1873 (Easter Sunday)
- Colfax Grant Parish LA
- ~150 Black men killed (some after surrender)
Hints
- White-supremacist Democratic militia attacked Black-Republican-defended courthouse.
- Cruikshank 1876 overturned even the few federal convictions.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing with Hamburg Massacre 1876
Used in lessons