Congress Takes Control of
Reconstruction
Congress Takes Control
• How were states to be readmitted under the Reconstruction Act?
• They had to write a new state constitution supporting the 14th Amendment
• They had to give African American men the right to vote
• What was President Johnson’s argument against the Reconstruction Acts?
• He said that African Americans did not deserve the same treatment as white people
• Why was President Johnson impeached?
• He fired a member of his Secretary of War without Senate approval, which was the law
then
• What was the result of the impeachment trial?
• He was not guilty, and he kept his job
• Who won the election of 1868?
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Despite the fact that southern states agreed to allow African Americans to vote,
what happened?
• Southerners used violence against them to stop them from voting
Assignment
MAP ACTIVITY
1. Use a light color to shade the southern state that was not part of
a military district.
2. Use a bright color to shade the state that was part of a military
district and was located farthest west.
3. Outline the military district whose states were admitted into the
Union all in the same year.
4. In the map legend, underline the military district that made up
just one state.
ANALYZING MAPS
1. Region Which military district was made up of the most states?
List these states.
2. Location Which southern state on the map bordered a disputed
area? In which military district was this state located?
3. Place Which military districts included states that bordered the
Gulf of Mexico?
4. Drawing Conclusions Why do you think Tennessee was the only
state that was not part of a military district?
5. Making Judgments Why do you think that the military needed to
control the southern states before they were readmitted into the
Union?
Map Activities
1. Which military district was made up of the most
states? List those states.
1.
District 3 – Alabama, Georgia, Florida
2. Which southern state on the map bordered a
disputed area? In which military district was this
state located?
1.
Texas – district 5
3. Which military districts included states that
bordered the Gulf of Mexico?
1.
Districts 3, 4, and 5
4. Why do you think Tennessee was the only state
that was not part of a military district?
1.
It was readmitted in 1866, before the Reconstruction
Acts were passed (1867)
5. Why do you think that the military needed to
control the southern states before they were
readmitted to the Union?
1.
There are a number of possible answers
Fifteenth Amendment
• What does the Fifteenth Amendment state?
• It gave African Americans the right to vote
• When did it go into effect?
• 1870
• What effect might the Fifteenth Amendment have
on women in the United States?
• They would most likely want their voting rights and
try to obtain them.
Quiz Review – Quiz will be Monday
• With your shoulder partner…
• Write a summary of section 2 that includes the following people and terms (as
they apply to this section!).
• Andrew Johnson
• Thaddeus Stevens
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thirteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Black Codes
• Impeachment
• Radical Republicans
• Reconstruction Acts