Reconstruction
Objective:
Reconstruction
1865 - 1877
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bringing the South back into the Union
Unifying a Divided Nation
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Lincoln = _________________________
Radical Republicans = ______________________
Lincoln’s Assassination
April 14, 1865 (5 days after the war ended)
Lincoln = first president to be assassinated
Assassinated at Ford’s Theater in D.C.
by ________________________________ – Confederate supporter – who
hoped this would create chaos within govt. and help Confed. win war!
Lincoln… Johnson’s Plan
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Right to vote to all blacks who were educated or served in military
___________________

when 10% of voters of state took a loyalty oath, state could form
a new govt. with new constitution (without slavery)
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Struggle for Control of
Reconstruction
Johnson’s policy = easy on the south: amnesty
Congress enacts bills to help freedmen (14th Amend.,
__________________, and Reconstruction Act of 1867 - ______________)
Impeachment of Johnson
___________________________________ by Congress because of his ideas
on Reconstruction & his “slap on the wrist” actions
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Long Term Effects of the Civil
War
Impeachment = precedent set
Civil War Amendments (13, 14, 15)
____________________________
KKK
____________________________
Republican State governments in the South

Every state except VA
Scalawags took control of Southern government
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
_________________________________________ & their policies for
Reconstruction
__________________________________________ after the war
Supported the Republicans
Civil War Amendments
13th – freed the slaves
14th – gave all freed men citizenship
15th – gave all citizens the right to vote (not women)
Jim Crow Laws
_______________________________ of blacks & whites in South after Civil
War
____________________ (control former slaves/restrict freedom with
customs)
Ku Klux Klan
White Supremacist organization set up in South _____________________
____________________________________________
claimed to be “the Ghosts of the Confederate Soldiers”
Freedmen’s Bureau
President Grant (1869-1877)
Segregation & Oppression continue
__________________________________________________________
enforced civil rights laws & fought KKK violence
did not have an entourage of political advisors; instead relied on Army
buddies
________________________ – scandal involving distillers & corrupt
officials making millions of $$$ off of tax evasion on liquor

Grant not directly involved in “ring”
Debate on presidential election between Hayes (Republican) & Tilden
(Democrat)
Compromise of 1877
Hayes would get presidency IF…
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Because they leave, Reconstruction comes to an end!
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