Chapter 16 Outline
Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868
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What were the effects of political disputes of the Reconstruction Era
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What politicians supported black suffrage- give examples
Lincoln’s Plan
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Describe Lincoln’s plan
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Its nickname, provisions, who it helped/excluded, etc.
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How did Radical Republicans react to this plan
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Why?
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Wade Davis Billo
What did Lincoln do to the bill? Why?
Presidential Reconstruction Under Johnson
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Describe Johnson
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Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction:
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Terms, problems, who it helped, who supported it, etc.
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Analyze the Radical Republican response to the plan (explain how and why the Radical Republicans reacted the way they did)
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Hint- describe the steps southerners took to limit the rights of the freedmen
Congress Versus Johnson
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Freedmen’s Bureau
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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What did it do, who supported it, Johnson’s response, etc.
The Fourteenth Amendment, 1866
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What was the purpose of the Amendment and what did it do
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What did each of the 3 clauses do
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How did it impact the Dred Scott decision
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What did it reveal about Republican legislators
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Northern and southern reaction to the amendment
Congressional Reconstruction, 1866-1867
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How did it impact the governments formed under the Lincoln and Johnson plans
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Describe how it impacted the southern states (hint- military districts)
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How was it more radical than the Johnson program
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What Radical Republican goal did it fulfill
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What did Thaddeus Stevens want to do to the South and why did it not happen?
The Impeachment Crisis, 1867-1868
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Describe the arguments of Congress to impeach Johnson
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Why did they want to impeach him? Why did they say they could impeach him?
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Describe the trial of Johnson and its outcome
The Fifteenth Amendment and the Question of Woman Suffrage, 1869-1870
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Why did Republicans need the support of black voters
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What did/does the 15th amendment do?
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How did the debate over the 15th amendment affect the women’s suffrage movements (Hint- what two groups were formed as a result)
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Minor v. Happersett
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List what the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments did
Reconstruction Governments
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Describe what southern governments were like under presidential Reconstruction and Congressional Reconstruction
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How were the governments formed under Congressional Reconstruction unique
A New Electorate
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How did the Reconstruction laws transform the southern electorate
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Define Carpetbaggers- who were they, why did they move south, what did they do, etc.
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Define Scalawags- who were they, what did they do, what did they support, what was their impact, why were they disliked
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Describe the Freedmen’s allegiance to the Republican Party
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How did black officials and black voters differ
Republican Rule
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What did they try to do in the South & how did they pay for it
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What did their critics argue
Counterattacks
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Describe the vigilante efforts of the Democrats in the South
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Describe how the KKK started and then what they ultimately became
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Summarize what the KKK did in the South- give examples
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How did vigilantism unite southerners
Summarize how the Republicans were able to suppress the KKK and counterattacks- be specific
The Impact of Emancipation
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Describe the life emancipated slaves faced in the South
Confronting Freedom
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Summarize where and why freed slaves moved after the war
Black Institutions
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Churches
Schoolso
Segregation and Civil Rights Act of 1875
Land, Labor, and Sharecropping
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“Forty Acres and a Mule”- describe, did it happen? Why or why not?
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Obstacles to land ownership:
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Sharecropping- what was it, how did it work, etc.
Toward a Crop-Lien Economy
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How did sharecropping and crop liens transform southern agriculture
Grantism
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Why was Grant chosen to succeed Andrew Johnson
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What scandals plagued Grant’s terms
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What does “Grantism” mean
The Liberals’ Revolt
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Explain how the Liberal Republican revolt marked a turning point in Reconstruction history
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What issues did the Liberals attack the “Regular” Republicans
The Panic of 1873
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Describe the causes of the Panic of 1873
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What were the results of the Panic of 1873
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Describe what the “money question” was and how it was resolved
Reconstruction and the Constitution
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Describe Ex parte Milligan (1866) and its results
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Explain the answer to the question: Would the court sabotage the congressional Reconstruction plan, as Republicans feared?
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Include Texas v. White
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Describe the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 and their effects
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Included how it affected the Fourteenth amendment
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U.S. v. Reese and U.S. v. Cruikshank effects
Republicans in Retreat
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Describe how Republicans disengaged from Reconstruction
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Why had the Radical Republicans vanished by 1875
Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876-1877
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What abruptly ended Remonstration
Redeeming the South
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Summarize how the Southern Democrats “redeemed” the South from the Republicans.
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Include Bourbons, Redemption, Red Shirts, how they got votes, etc.
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What did they do once they got their power back
The Election of 1876
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Who was nominated and why
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Who won the popular vote
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What happened with the electoral votes?
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What was the unprecedented dilemma facing the nation?
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How was the vote finally decided?
Conclusion
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To what extend should Reconstruction be considered a failure?
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What factors contributed to the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s? Which was most significant?