Labor Union

Labor unions were established in the mid 19th century to promote a common goal. Working condition back then were harsh. The workers had to ban together to get things that they wanted such as wages, working conditions, safety, and labor contracts. Strikes occurred when workers came to a common disagreement and things often became volatile. A famous strike being the labor union against the Pinkertons in the Homestead Strike of 1892. This resulted in the end of the local union and the death of many Pinkertons. So due to harsh labor and unfair working condition labor unions had to form and fight for fairness at all cost.

Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan of widely known as the KKK was first seen in the the southern state of Tennessee in the 1860's. The KKK were extreme anti-communist. Also known as hate group adorned in white robes to carry of white supremacy by any means necessary. They first targeted the African Americans performing all kinds of hate crimes such a lynchings, whippings, and just engraving terror among African American communities.Their hatred grew leaving out Jews and homosexuals in fact anyone who was White Anglo-Saxon Protestant or WASP. In the 1920's the KKK membership had peaked. Members of the Klan were in senate, supreme court, and house positions. The people fought back and many of their member turned on the them. A famous downfall for them being "The Black Box" where information was held about their illegal bribes and political scandals. In the 1930 membership dropped and by the 1940 the group faded significantly; however, chapters of the group still thrive today.

Political Cartoon

This cartoon shows the effects of reconstruction. Now blacks hold more privileges than they had in the past. Such as the right to vote and have jobs. The white southerns are not happy about the situation but are are letting them vote while many men in the south made it difficult for African -Americans to cast a ballot.

John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge started his career as a lawyer then became a politician. He followed in the the footsteps of his father and grandfather who were both politicians. Breckinridge was U.S. representative and senator for the state of Kentucky. While Breckindge's presidential campaign lacked leaving him in third place with the popular vote behind Lincoln and Douglass he is best know for being the 14th vice president of the United States. John C. Breckinridge is still the youngest vice president to be inaugurated to date. In Breckinridge's efforts to become president in the election of 1860 he took a southern democratic stance promoting the expansion of slavery. Later, Breckinridge served as a general for the confederate  army in the American Civil War.