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Complete the following:
________’s election in 1860 led to the
_________ of Southern states
Lincoln ----- secession
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After the Battle at __________,
Lincoln issued the ____________
_________ which ____ _____ in
“areas of rebellion” (1862)
Antietam – Emancipation
Proclamation – freed slaves
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Opening shots of the war:
______ ______, SC - 1861
Battle of __________, PA:
Turning point: victory for the
North -1863
Fort Sumter -- Gettysburg
Quotes
With malice toward
none, with charity for
all…let us bind up the
nation’s wounds.. and
achieve a just and
lasting peace.
Abraham Lincoln,
Second Inaugural
Address
“We hold it to be the duty
of the government to
inflict punishment on the
rebels… The whole fabric
of southern society must
be changed.
Thaddeus Stevens,
“Radical Republican”
leader of Congress
Reconstruction
The southern states were left embittered
and devastated by the war.
What kind of things were destroyed in
the war?
What problems did the nation have to
solve?
Reconstruction
At the end of the war, there was no agreed-upon
plan for Reconstruction
 Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan – “charity for all”
 Congress’s Wade-Davis Bill (Radical
Republicans) – “punish the South”
After Lincoln’s death, Andrew Johnson becomes
president
Johnson’s plan let the South in quickly, but did not
protect rights of freed blacks
What did the Black Codes do?
“All freedmen, free negroes, and
mulattoes in this State, with no lawful
employment or business, or found
unlawful assembling themselves together
either in the day or night shall be fined
fifty dollars”
How were African-Americans controlled in
the South?
Battles over Reconstruction
Congress battles with President Johnson on
Freedman’s Bureau – social, legal help
 Civil Rights Act – no racial discrimination

Congress passes bills  Johnson vetoes them
 Congress overrides the vetoes

14th Amendment
Johnson tries to defeat the 14th Amendment

“Swing Around the Circle” – he fails!
Impeachment of the President
Why was President
Johnson impeached?
What was the outcome of the trial?
The Civil War Amendments- read
the amendments on pgs 168-170 and
in your own words write what the
amendments accomplished.
13th
14th
th
15
Can you find the flaw in the 15th Amendment?
Reconstruction Act of 1867: Congress
divides the South into military districts
Election of 1868
Ulysses S. Grant wins a close
election
 Confederates were not
allowed to vote
 Support from carpetbaggers
and scalawags
 And for the 1st time…freed
African-Americans
Hiram Revels is the first AfricanAmerican Senator. He served as
the US Senator from Mississippi.
Opposition to Reconstruction
Who might oppose Reconstruction?
Who were the Redeemers? What
did they do to oppose
Reconstruction?
The “Invisible Empire of the South”
“Of course he wants to vote for
the Democratic ticket”
The Failure of Federal Enforcement
The End of Reconstruction
Why does support for Reconstruction end?
Northerners have moved on
scandals in Grant’s administration
 Economic depression: Panic of 1873
 After the 15th Amendment, many think the
work is done
 Political
Supreme Court weakens Amendments
The South regains control…
Compromise of 1877
The END of Reconstruction
No one clearly wins the Presidential election –
Hayes (R) v Tilden (D)
Congress makes a deal:
 Republicans get Hayes as president if the
South gets:
 federal
troops removed
 money for rail, rebuilding, projects
 to govern themselves without Northerners
Word Maps
Definition:
Synonym:
Sharecropping
Drawing:
11th grade sentence:
Was sharecropping a good idea for landowners?
For poor whites and freedmen?
Conclusion
The North and Midwest
industrialized, but the
South would remain a
backward, agriculturebased economy and the
poorest section of the
nation for many
decades.
Homework
Read pages 376-382
Answer Main Idea questions 1-3
pg. 402
Homework
Read pages 383-392
Answer Main Idea questions
4-6 pg.402