With a partner…
 Explain
what made reconstruction so
difficult in the South.
 What are some solutions that might make
the situation improve in the South.
The End of Reconstruction
18-4
The End of Reconstruction
 By
the 1870s Radical
Republicans were
losing power.
 They
decided to let
the South run their
own governments
again.
Radicals in Decline
 Congress
passed the
Amnesty Act in 1872

Amnesty Act- restored
the right to vote to nearly
all white Southerners.
 Southern
states
became predominantly
Democratic.

They also kept many
African Americans from
voting!
Election of 1876
 Marked


the end of Reconstruction
Samuel Tilden (Dem) vs.
Rutherford B. Hayes (Rep).
 Tilden
won the popular vote, but Hayes
privately agreed to end Reconstruction
and he eventually went on to win!
 Reconstruction was finally over.

Hayes removed all military troops from the
South.
Impact of Reconstruction
 With
the end of Reconstruction, came a
Democratic power swing.

Now dominated Southern politics
 With
that, African Americans began to lose
rights once again!
Restricted Rights
 As
Conservatives gained more control,
African Americans lost more rights
 The rise of the KKK during Reconstruction
set black progress back to where it was
pre-civil war.
Homework
 Make
a T-Chart in your notebooks.
 On the left side write “The Old South”
 On the right side write “The New South”
 Compare and Contrast the South from
pre-reconstruction to post reconstruction.

Must have at least 5 points for both sides.
“Old South”
“New South”
Voting Restrictions
 Poll
Taxes- required voters to pay a fee
each time they voted
 Literacy Tests- required voters to read
and explain a section of the Constitution.

Most freedmen could not read or write.
Clause- if a white man’s
father or grandfather could vote, then so
could he
 Grandfather

The way around Lit. Tests for poor whites
Segregation
 Segregation-
legal separation of races.
 Jim Crow Laws- laws that separated
blacks and whites in schools, restaurants,
theaters, trains, streetcars, playgrounds,
hospitals, and even cemeteries.
 Plessy v. Ferguson- court case which
ruled that segregation was legal.

(This would be legal as long as both facilities
were equal, however this was rarely the case.)
The “New South”
 Cotton
production was back to the way it
was in 1860.
 More textile factories were built.
 The tobacco industry was soaring.
 Mineral resources like iron ore, coal, steel,
and oil were now being mined and used.
 Industry was now booming in the South!
18-4 Foldable Vocabulary
Booklet
 Must
include the 7 “blue” vocab words in
section 4.
 Must include at least one picture to
represent each word.
Reconstruction Wrap Up
 Please
write in your notebooks.
 Was Reconstruction a success or a
failure?
 Give at least 3 reasons to support you
answer.