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1  By the end of this chapter you must be able to answer this question and defend your answer with several examples.

2 What do you think of when you see this flag? How does it make you feel? What does it represent?

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5 What does the word Radical mean?

6 So what’s the difference??? Republican vs. Radical Republican  Jot down some thoughts in the space provided- at least 4 lines!  What did Republicans believe in?  How would a Radical Republican go about the same thing?

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8 Black Codes Anger Congress  Black Codes- laws put into place to severely limit the rights of freedmen.  Freedmen could not vote, own guns, or serve on juries.

9 Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan  Majority of white men must swear loyalty to the Union before being admitted.  Must ratify the 13th Amendment- abolish slavery  Former Confederate officials may vote and hold office.

10 Johnson and Reconstruction  Republicans felt that Johnson’s Reconstruction plans encouraged black codes.  In the South angry whites were causing riots and damaging freedmen’s homes and churches.  KKK

11 Stop and Think  Jot down at least 3 lines to answer the following questions…  What are black codes?  Who did they impact?  How did Andrew Johnson appear to be handling reconstruction?

12 The Rise of Radicals  Radical Republicans- republicans who wanted to ensure that freedmen received equal rights.  Two Main Goals of Radical Republicans  1. break the power of wealthy planters who long ruled the South  2. ensure that freedmen received the right to vote.

13 Radicals  Passed The Civil Rights Act in April of 1866 which gave citizenship to blacks. (Johnson Vetoed but Congress overrode)  14 th Amendment- It guaranteed citizens equal protection of the laws  defined citizens as “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”  Forbade states to deprive anyone life, liberty, or property without due process of law  Radicals felt if Freedmen could vote, they could defend their freedoms

14 Radical Reconstruction Plan  Reconstruction Act- threw out state governments that refused to ratify the 14 th Amendment.  The South was divided up into 5 military districts.  Southerners bitterly opposed the Reconstruction Act.

15 Warm Up  What does it mean when a president gets “impeached”?

16 In your textbook…  Read pages 523-524 “Impeachment and a new president”  Define impeachment.  What is considered behavior worthy of being impeached?  What did Johnson do in order to have charges brought against him?  Did Johnson commit acts worthy of impeachment?  How could this have drastically changed our presidencies for the future?

17 Impeachment  In February of 1868 the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Johnson.  Impeach- to bring formal charges against  2/3 of the Senate must find Johnson guilty for him to lose office  The Senate was ONE vote shy of having Johnson impeached.

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19 A New President  Johnson served the last few months of his term.  In 1868 Republicans elected Ulysses S. Grant for president.  Grant wins the presidency in a landslide!  About 500,000 blacks voted and nearly all of them voted for Grant.

20 15 th Amendment  In 1870 Congress passed the 15 th Amendment which forbade any state to deny any citizen the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.  Finally African American men over the age of 21 could vote!


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