1. Reconstruction 1865 - 1877 Rebuilding the South

2. Reconstruction  rebuilding the South  bringing the South back into the Union

3. Unifying a Divided Nation  Forgiveness & Unification or Punishment  Lincoln = amnesty  Radical Republicans = punish!

4. 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 John Wilkes Booth – Confederate supporter – who hoped this would create chaos within govt. and help Confed. win war!

7. Lincoln… Johnson’s Plan  Granted amnesty to all white southerners, except leaders  Right to vote to all blacks who were educated or served in military  10% Plan –when 10% of voters of state took a loyalty oath, state could form a new govt. with new constitution (without slavery)

9. Struggle for Control of Reconstruction  Battle between President Johnson and Congress  Johnson’s policy = easy on the south: amnesty

10. Struggle for Control of Reconstruction (contd.)  Congress enacts bills to help freedmen (14 th Amend., Freedmens’ Bureau, and Reconstruction Act of 1867 – martial law)

11. Impeachment of Johnson  Johnson was 1 st President impeached by Congress because of his ideas on Reconstruction & his “slap on the wrist” actions  Not convicted & stayed in office

13. Long Term Effects of the Civil War  Impeachment = precedent set  Civil War Amendments (13, 14, 15)  Jim Crow Laws  KKK  Compromise of 1877  Republican State governments in the South –Every state except VA –Scalawags took control of Southern government

14. Scalawags  Southerners who sided with the Republicans & their policies for Reconstruction

15. Carpetbaggers  Northerners who settled in the South after the war  Supported the Republicans

16. Civil War Amendments  13 th – freed the slaves  14 th – gave all freed men citizenship  15 th – gave all citizens the right to vote (not women)

17. Jim Crow Laws  Laws enforcing segregation of blacks & whites in South after Civil War  black codes (control former slaves/restrict freedom with customs)

18. Ku Klux Klan  Resistance Movement  White Supremacist organization set up in South to scare blacks away from voting & seeking equal rights  claimed to be “the Ghosts of the Confederate Soldiers”  Segregation & Oppression continue

19. Freedmen’s Bureau  Govt. agency to help former enslaved people

20. President Grant (1869-1877)  enforced civil rights laws & fought KKK violence  did not have an entourage of political advisors; instead relied on Army buddies  Whiskey Ring – scandal involving distillers & corrupt officials making millions of $$$ off of tax evasion on liquor –Grant not directly involved in “ring”

21. Compromise of 1877  Debate on presidential election between Hayes (Republican) & Tilden (Democrat)  Hayes would get presidency IF… –Republicans agreed to withdraw remaining fed. troops from the south –Because they leave, Reconstruction comes to an end!

22. QUIZ TIME SUMMARY

23. 1. What does Reconstruction refer to?

24. 2. Who was Lincoln assassinated by?

25. 3. Name Lincoln’s successor.

26. 4. What amendment freed the slaves?

27. 5. What amendment gave all male citizens, of age, the right to vote?

28. 6. Name the laws in the south that enforced segregation.

29. 7. Name the terrorist organization that started during Reconstruction to fear blacks away from voting and keep them oppressed.

30. 8. Name the Commanding General who became President amidst the battle for Reconstruction.