Tuesday, November 24, 2015 List 2 things the Freedmen’s Bureau was established to accomplish. Schedule: Thought of the Day Info Check p24 Notes pg 26 Work on Chart/Questions

Freedmen’s Bureau Create a 4 column chart with the following titles: Create a 4 column chart with the following titles: –Who –What –When/Where –Why Use your text/internet to help you Use your text/internet to help you

12/10 (Tuesday) What is the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming? Which one was mostly made up of freedmen and poor white Southerners? What is the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming? Which one was mostly made up of freedmen and poor white Southerners? –Notes p26 –Work on the following:  Vocabulary #s1-30 (due tomorrow)  Reconstruction Page (due tomorrow)  QUIZ p24-25 TOMORROW

Reconstruction -North becomes weary of Reconstruction -Republicans split over Grant scandals Credit Mobilier Illegal use of funds/contracts dealing with Union Pacific Railroad. Whiskey Ring (1875) distillers cheated the fed govt out of taxes. Bribed IRS. Grant wasn’t involved but his Sec was… -Panic of bank failure caused by overextended loans to railroad companies -Radicals have less and less control over South I’m a good leader but way too trusting…I mean, YOU wouldn’t lie to me would you??

Credit Mobilier was a construction company that built the Union Pacific Railroad company. Credit Mobilier was a construction company that built the Union Pacific Railroad company. At this time, Union Pacific & Credit Mobilier were run by the same men, who formed a construction company when they realized that it wasn't the owners or the operators of the railroads who made the most money, but the construction contractors. At this time, Union Pacific & Credit Mobilier were run by the same men, who formed a construction company when they realized that it wasn't the owners or the operators of the railroads who made the most money, but the construction contractors. However, they also were officials of the Union Pacific company and gave themselves a contract to put tracks down at two to three times the cost. However, they also were officials of the Union Pacific company and gave themselves a contract to put tracks down at two to three times the cost. In the end, they made a profit of $33 to $50 million. In the end, they made a profit of $33 to $50 million. A railroad company, Central Pacific Railroad was paid $120 million for a railroad that actually cost $58 million. A railroad company, Central Pacific Railroad was paid $120 million for a railroad that actually cost $58 million. The companies wanted land grants and construction subsidies from Congress, BUT they didn't want congressional investigation in their financial dealings. To prevent congressional investigation, Mobilier gave away 20 shares of stock to congressmen, one of these men being James Garfield (future president of America). The companies wanted land grants and construction subsidies from Congress, BUT they didn't want congressional investigation in their financial dealings. To prevent congressional investigation, Mobilier gave away 20 shares of stock to congressmen, one of these men being James Garfield (future president of America).

Compromise of election -Samuel Tilden (democrat) and Rutherford Hayes (republican) run for election **tilden wins popular vote -No electoral winner : this is how the President wins. Not by popular vote! -some southern votes are disputed -Hayes is given all disputed electoral votes -Southern states threaten succession again

Deal is Made -Compromise of 1877– The Democrats agreed not to block Hayes' victory on the condition that Republicans withdraw all federal troops from the South— Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina became Democratic once again, effectively marking the end of the Reconstruction era. - Republican Hayes wins the election -Northern troops are withdrawn from the south -powerful southerner is given cabinet position -south is given $$ to rebuild -Reconstruction ends -Home Rule of South reverses many advances unofficial, unwritten agreement that settled the disputed 1876 US presidential election and also ended the reconstruction in the south.

New Rules -Black Codes – laws to limit rights of African Americans -Jim Crow laws -Segregation- all public places -KKK – used violence to keep blacks from voting political economic social -Financial Control

Segregation -decline in freedoms -end of Freedmen’s Bureau -end of voting -little money -southern leaders ignored the Constitution and the 14 th & 15 th Amendments

New South -southern economy eventually emerged stronger than before the war -sharecropping replaced slavery -more industry -better transportation -politically, whites were still in control and blacks were denied citizenship -”Solid South” emerged: describes the electoral support of the South for the DEMOCRATIC party. During this time, the vast majority of local and state officeholders in the South were Democrats, as were federal politicians the region sent to DC