Transcript Reconstruction PPt

Reconstruction of the Torn
States
What happened after the Civil
War?
Did the US come back together?
Reuniting the Nation…
 Imagine
that you are a government
official in charge of creating a
Reconstruction plan that would readmit
the Confederate states to the union
after the Civil War. List five
requirements that you would make the
Confederate states meet before you
allow them back into the Union.
Change or Continuity? (Creating
a useful graphic organizer..)
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Reconstruction
Lincoln’s Assassination
Ku Klux Klan
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming
End of Reconstruction – Compromise after election of 1876
What was the South like after
the CW?
 Cities,
banks, transportation lines
destroyed - destruction , Appomattox
 Communication system disrupted.
 “Loot” of war removed
What did “Freedom” mean for
African - Americans?
 Separate
churches formed
 Travel to meet relatives
 Juneteenth Celebrations link link News
6-19
 “Forty acres and a Mule” idea? maybe?
What were the plans for
Reconstruction?
 Lincoln’s
Plan (10% Amnesty) link
 Wade-Davis Bill (1. Ban slavery 2.
Majority give Oath of Allegiance)
 13th Amendment (Jan. 1865) - made
slavery illegal in all states
 Freedman’s Bureau - brought food,
education, legal support, organizing
Impact of Lincoln’s
Assassination?
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Andrew Johnson assumed duties after
shooting of Lincoln
 Offered amnesty (7000 responded)
 Set up new South State governments w/
representatives
 Radical Republicans arise in North, Thaddeus
Stevens
 “Black Codes” formed in South - State laws to
restrict Blacks to farm labor, servitude, w/
limited rights, illustrations
Who were the Radical
Republicans?
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Northern politicians who feared loyal
Confederates
 Thaddeus Stephens and Charles Sumner led
group opposition
 Against Black Codes
 Endorsed and passed Civil Rights Act of 1866
 14th Amendment also passed (1866) guaranteed equal protection under law
What’s happening on the
Southern streets?
 Riots
occurred in Memphis and New
Orleans where Blacks were targeted
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Impact of 1866 Elections?
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Congress went to Republicans - called for
new Reconstruction
 Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan(1867) passed
- divided South into 5 sections under military demanded acceptance of 14th amend, link
 Later, the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
began after he “illegally fired a staff member”he avoided impeachment by one vote,
background
Impact of Election of 1868?
S. Grant became Pres. - “Let
us have peace”
 Later - 15th Amendment Passed (last of
Civil War Amendments) - granted
African-American men the right to vote many white women were upset they
weren’t included, results illustrated
 Ulysses
Reconstruction
Developments?
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Carpetbaggers (Northern born Republicans)
and Scalawags (Southern Republicans) were
identified and targeted in South
 African Americans sought political
representation (600 in State Leg.’s, 16 in
Congress, Hiram Revels (first) and Blanche
Bruce in Senate) pic
 Large amounts of money went to
infrastructure improvements (RR’s, Schools..)
Opposition to Reconstruction?
 KKK
- Secret society organized in 1866
to intimidate African Americans 1 2
 Local and State Officials did little
 Sam Hose story link
Impact of Federal Changes?
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Compromise of 1877 - Pres. Election results
b/t Hayes(Rep) and Tilden(Dem) disputed Dems accepted Hayes if Federal Troops
removed from South (end of Fed. Reconst.)
Turning Back the Clock?
“Redeemers” were regaining power in South wanted to reduce size of state gov. and limit
rights to African Americans
 Poll Tax with “Grandfather Clause” and
Literacy Tests - all designed to deny voting to
African Americans
 “Jim Crow” Laws-enforced segregation(link &)
 Plessy v. Ferguson - Homer Plessy denied
seat in First Class section of train - “Separate
but Equal” ruling by Supreme Court. 1
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Attempts to create “New
South”?
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Sharecropping - system of farming where
African Americans used crops as payments
for rent/land/equipment
 Southern Industries - new RR lines and
Telegraphs assisted growth of Textile Mills
 Southern Lit. and Arts - “Plantation Ideals”
celebrated
 African-American Gospel Music - sung in
churches; refined at Fisk University