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Reconstruction. Chapter 4, Section 3. First Day Survey. Edit name on front Cross off names or write nicknames On Lined side 1. One thing I like, or have liked about History Class 2. One thing I don’t like, or haven’t liked about History - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
RECONSTRUCTIONChapter 4, Section 3
First Day Survey Edit name on front
Cross off names or write nicknames On Lined side
1. One thing I like, or have liked about History Class
2. One thing I don’t like, or haven’t liked about History
3. One thing I am excited (or kind of excited) to learn about this year in AMC
4. If I could be ANYWHERE right now I’d be…
5. The one thing everyone should know about me is…
RECONSTRUCTVb 1. to construct or form again; rebuild: to
reconstruct a Greek vase from fragments 2. to form a picture of (a crime, past event, etc)
by piecing together evidence or acting out a version of what might have taken place
NReconstruction US history the period after the Civil War when the
South was reorganized and reintegrated into the Union (1865--77)
AFTERMATH OF WAR HUMAN TOLL
North: 364,000 South: 260,000 (One Fifth of its Adult Men) One out of 3 Southern Men were killed or
wounded
BATTLEFIELD MED KIT
1 OUT OF 3 MEN KILLED OR WOUNDED
1 OUT OF 3 MENKILLED OR WOUNDED
1 OUT OF 5 WHITE MENKILLED IN SOUTH
1 OUT OF 5 WHITE MEN KILLED IN SOUTH
1 OUT OF 5 WHITE MENKILLED IN SOUTH
1 OUT OF 5 WHITE MEN KILLED IN SOUTH
AFTERMATH OF WAR HUMAN TOLL
North: 364,000 South: 260,000 (One Fifth of its Adult Men) One out of 3 Southern Men were killed or
wounded PHYSICAL TOLL
Two Thirds of Southern Shipping 9,000 miles of railroads One Third of all livestock Value of Southern Farm Property Plunged
70 percent
THE TOLL OF WAR IN THE SOUTH
BLACK SOUTHERNERS: 4 million freed people were on their
own in a region with slow economic recovery
Many were homeless and hungry PLANTATION OWNERS
Planters lost slave labor worth $3 Billion
Abandoned Property Act of 1863 allowed federal government to seize $100 million in plantations and cotton
POOR WHITE SOUTHERNERS No work because of competition from
freedmen
Reconstruction RECONSTRUCTION: the plan to rebuild the
South Lincoln’s Plan: “With Malice Towards None”
1. PARDON: an official forgiveness of crime to any Confederate who would take an oath of allegiance to the Union and accept the end of slavery
2. Denied pardons to anyone who killed African American POWs
3. Each state to hold constitutional convention after 10% of voters in state had sworn allegiance to Union No language of “readmit” to Union: they really never
left
The End of Lincoln’s Plan
Johnson’s Plan Andrew Johnson
Former slave owner in South Poor Tailor Wife taught him how to
read and write Profound hatred of Rich Planters
“Presidential Reconstruction”1. Pardoned Southerners who pledged allegiance2. Permitted states to hold constitutional convention
WITHOUT 10% allegiance3. States were required to ratify the 13th Amendment
Lincoln’s Plan v. Presidential Plan
Presidential Plan reflected spirit of Lincoln’s plan BUT
Presidential more lenient Although it OFFICIALLY denied pardons to
Confederate Leaders, it issued any to those that asked
WHAT IS THE 13TH AMENDMENT?
ABOLISHED SLAVERY!
SOUTHERN REACTION BLACK CODES:
Gave African Americans certain rights, but their intent was to keep the former slaves in a dependent position, give planters supply of cheap labor Former slaves had to sign entire year contracts
as plantation workers Could not own guns
KU KLUX KLAN Formed to maintain white control in the
south Terrorized African Americans
CONGRESS TAKES CONTROL At first most northerners supported Johnson’s
Reconstruction plan Eager for the war to be behind them
SOON UPSET OVER BLACK CODES STRENGTHENED THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS:
CONTROLLED BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE Civil Rights Act of 1866:
Gave African Americans Citizenship and guaranteed them same legal rights as white American
Johnson vetoed bill Ends moderate Republicans attempts to work with
President
RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION Passed 14TH AMENDMENT
Required states to grant citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”
Promised “equal protection of the laws” Wrote the Civil Rights Act into the
Constitution!
Radicals gained enough votes in Congress to take over Reconstruction
1867 – 1868 Passed four Reconstruction Acts
RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION Acts divided South into 5 military districts Three Conditions for Readmission
1. Ratify the 14th Amendment2. Write new state constitutions that guaranteed
freedmen the right to vote3. Form new governments to be elected by all male
citizens, including African Americans
Afraid Johnson might use his authority to interfere with Reconstruction, Congress passed:
TENURE OF OFFICE ACT of 1867 Required Senate’s permission to remove
any official whose appointment it had approved
Set off the final battle between President and Congress
Johnson thought it unconstitutional, and fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (an ally of the Republicans) to test it
Johnson Impeached for it! Senate one vote short for removal.
REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE To regain support lost during impeachment
trials, Republicans chose war hero Ulysses S. Grant for presidential candidate
Popular vote was close Half a million African American
voters gave Grant the victory
To protect African American Voting rights Republicans quicklyPassed:
15th AmendmentIt is unconstitutional to deprive citizens the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
“Reconstruction Amendments”13th – Abolished Slavery
14th – Citizenship15th – Voting RightsWhy do they HAVE to be in this order?
New Governments in South Political Power in South shifted during
Reconstruction
SCALAWAGS: White southerners who supported changes
CARPETBAGGERS: Northerners who came south to take part in political rebirth
Name refers to type of suitcase made of carpet fabric
New Governments in the South Freedmen joined Scalawags and
Carpetbaggers in the new governments Nearly 700 African Americans served in state
legislatures during Reconstruction 16 were elected to Congress New Government changes
Created region’s first public schools Eliminated property requirements for voting and
holding office Made it illegal for railroads, hotels, public
facilities to discriminate against African Americans
Responses to Freedom Owning land was a symbol of freedom Many landowners unwilling to sell land to former
slaves – it would give them economic freedom
SHARECROPPING -- Freedmen could receive a share of their employer’s crop instead of wages Employer provided land, seed, tools, mule, cabin Sharecropper provided labor
TENANT FARMING -- farmers rented land from landowner
Hard for sharecroppers and tenant farmers to get out of poverty
Reconstruction Ends Violence plagued the South throughout
Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan and similar groups terrorized African
American leaders, those who tried to vote, public officials
Planters, merchants, poor white farmers united to restore the old political and social order
POLL TAX: meant to keep Freedmen from voting Congress passed Enforcement Acts to punish
those preventing qualified citizens from voting People dismayed that the army was needed to
keep the peace in the South
Why Does Reconstruction End? The North gets tired of helping Reconstruction leaders die New President pulls troops out of South
Reconstruction’s Impact 14th and 15th Amendments 15th Amendment led way to women’s votes
Consider Sharecropping, Tenant Farming, violence keeping African Americans from voting, white leadership regaining control in south etc.
After Reconstruction waned, was the South different from before the Civil War?
Who really won the Civil War?
Intellectual Devotionals (IDs) Read the entire ID, including the
Additional Facts Circle words/phrases you don’t know Underline the main ideas to the subject,
or any information that answers the questions
Write answers, notes, or questions you have in the margins
Sharecropping ID 1. Ideally, what was sharecropping
supposed to provide the sharecropper and landowner?
2. Realistically, what was wrong with sharecropping?
3. Why did sharecropping end? 4. How did Sharecropping negatively
affect the South outside of its population