Reconstruction Power Point
Review
What proof is there that
Reconstruction failed?
• Failure to guarantee equal rights for the
black freedmen because of the
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow Laws
What effect did sharecropping have
on the South
• It kept the freedmen
and poor whites
economically
enslaved because
they worked for no
pay just a share of the
crop
What did the House use against Johnson as
grounds to impeach him
• That President
Johnson fired Edwin
Stanton , his
Secretary of War and
violated the Tenure of
Office Act that said he
had to get the
Senate's approval
before firing anyone
What effect did Black Codes have
on freedmen
• They restricted their rights to vote, rent,
own a gun, marry whom they wished,
travel
main purpose of literacy tests
• To deny the basic right of voting to the
freedmen
Why was President Andrew
Johnson impeached
• Because of a power
struggle between Johnson
and the Congress over
how to rebuild the South
How long did Reconstruction last?
• 1865 to 1877
Why is Fourteenth Amendment
important
• It made freedmen citizens of the USA and
said their rights can not be taken away
and
• It made the states responsible to
guarantee the Bill of rights for freedmen
The 14th amendment guaranteed
what for all citizens
• Citizenship and
equal rights
under the law
FCV means what?
What did Jim Crow laws allow for
• Separate public
facilities based
on race
like separate
restrooms and
drinking
fountains
The Supreme Court case Plessy
versus Ferguson said what
Separate but
equal is legal
in America
Radical Republicans were
motivated by what?
• Their desire to punish the South for the
Civil war and the desire to remain in power
as a political party
President Andrew Johnson and
Congress fought over what?
• Separation of powers
• Both wanted to be #1 and not co-equal
Why did Radical Republicans
oppose President Abraham
Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan
• Was because his plan gave amnesty or
forgiveness to nearly all Confederates
• The radicals did not want the former
Confederates to vote or have forgiveness
• They wanted to punish the South
How did Hayes become president?
• The smoke filled room deal with the
Southern democrats
• Hayes promised to end reconstruction if
the Congress made him President
Why was Andrew Johnson not
convicted of impeachment and
thrown out
• The vote was one short
• Some senators thought impeachment was
a bad example and precedent to set for
dealing with a President
How were Abraham Lincoln and
President Andrew Johnson
reconstruction plans the same
• Both wanted to allow the
Southern states to re-enter the
nation as quick as possible
In what ways did the South try to
get around or limit the 14th and
15th amendments
• They made up the Black codes
and Jim Crow laws
What are the main issues of
Reconstruction
• Power and Money
• What political party would be
number one and how the North
and South would interact
economically
Refusal of the South to ratify the
Fourteenth Amendment resulted in
what happening?
• Made the radical republicans
chose to abolish the existing state
governments and establish
military districts, form new
governments in the South and
give the vote to freedmen
How was the first KKK defeated?
• President Grant
used the
Enforcement Act to
round up the KKK
and stop their
terrorism
What did freedmen do after the
war?
• Most returned to their old homes
and former masters and worked
for them as sharecroppers
Why did Radical and moderate
Republicans decide to get rid of
President Johnson
• He had vetoed 2
laws and was not
allowing Congress to
punish or deal with
the South as they
wanted to do
What Amendment to the
Constitution abolished slavery
th
13
Thirteenth Amendment
• There shall be
no more slavery
of anybody in
America
"Compromise of 1877"
• Hayes orders
removal of federal
troops from the
South in return for
Congress choosing
him as President.
Scalawag
• Southern name given
to native-born
Southerners who
cooperated with
Northern efforts to
reconstruct the South.
• People in the South
who helped the
Northern radical
republicans
Morehouse College, FAMU,
Bethune,
• Private Colleges established by Northern
Missionaries and freedmen because the
Southern states were not allowing
freedmen to use the public education
system
Purpose of the Freedman's Bureau
• Feed and educate former slaves
and help them adjust to freedom
How did Ulysses S. Grant's
presidency end?
• On a bad note
because of all
the corruption in
his
administration
while he was
President
Carpetbagger
• Southern nickname
for northerners
who came to the
South to aid in
Reconstruction.
• Some came to help
and some to steal
Tenure of Office Act
Congress made
this law and it
said the
President could
not dismiss civil
officers without
Senate consent.
Lincoln's plan for
Reconstruction
• 10 % of the
voters in the
South had to
sign an oath of
allegiance to the
United States
What groups took part in southern
governments during reconstruction
• Freedmen
• White Southerners who supported
the republicans up north
• Northerners who went South
Forgiveness and a return to Union
with malice towards none and
charity towards all
• Lincoln’s
inaugural
speech where
he said he
was not going
to punish the
South for the
Civil War
What was Reconstruction unable to
accomplish
• They were unable to get
lasting control of the Southern
states.
What is the chronological order of
major events during reconstruction
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Civil war ends
Slaves are freed
Johnson impeached
Freedmen get voting rights
Hayes elected
Reconstruction ends
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 did
what 5 things
1. South divided into 5 military districts, with a
military governor and federal troops to keep
law and order.
2. Confederate leaders could not vote or hold
office.
3. Freed slaves could vote and hold office.
4. New state constitutions had to guarantee
slaves rights to vote.
5. States must ratify the 14th Amendment.
15th amendment
Former
slaves have
the right to
vote
How did the south try to stop
freedmen from voting?
• Poll taxes
• Literacy tests
How did the South try to make the
14th and 15th amendments not work
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Literacy tests
Poll taxes
KKK
Jim Crow laws
Black codes
Jim Crow laws are about
• Separate and un-equal is OK in the South
How did the North see the black
codes
• Evidence that the South would
not treat the freedmen equally
and instead would treat them as
inferiors
What is segregation?
• To separate
one group
from another
based on
some
characteristic
such as race
What is ascendancy?
Come, let
us
ascend
this
mountain
.
• To be uppermost
• To have the upper hand
• To be on top
What is amnesty
• forgiveness
What is prominent
• To be number one
• To be the one most easily recognized
• To be first in a group
Yes, I am a
prominent
American