POST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION

Civil War Reconstruction Government policies/laws used to rebuild the South

RATIFY To pass a law

POLITICAL/PUBLIC OFFICE Serving in office of President, or Governor, or Mayor etc.

CARPETBAGGERS Northerners who took advantage of the south during reconstruction

SUPERVISE/SUPERVISION To watch over, give guidance, give instructions……..babysit

Black Codes Laws passed in the South to take away from NEW freedoms of African- Americans

RESENT/RESENTED To not like, to be upset about something, to be furious of something.

Civil Rights Act of 1866 African Americans gained equal rights. Authorized the use of federal troops to enforce the new laws.

Civil War Reconstruction Policies

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES A. Southern Military Leaders Could Not hold political office.

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES B. African Americans could hold public/political office. Hiram Revels served in the US Senate Robert Smalls served in the US House of Representatives

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES C. African-Americans gained EQUAL rights with the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT NOT FOLLOWED……… If Southerners resented and did not follow the law of the Civil Rights Act it would be enforced by Federal Troops (Military)

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES D. Northern Soldiers supervised the South Northern soldier giving orders Southerners listening

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES E. The Freedman’s Bureau was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South

RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS!

F. Southerners resented Northern CARPETBAGGERS, who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction

RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS! G. Southern states adopted BLACK CODES to limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves (BLACK CODES CAME AFTER NEW LAWS TO STRIKE BACK AT BLACKS!) “SERVITUDE BACK AGAIN!?”

Election of 1876 Ended Reconstruction

SERVITUDE Slavery

Reconciliation To restore harmony, make peace Lincoln and Lee called for Reconciliation amongst Northerners/Southerners

Preservation T he act of keeping something safe Lincoln wanted to PRESERVE the Union/keeping it together and not separate.

13 th Amendment (1865) Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories 1-3….SLAVES ARE FREE!

14 th Amendment (1868) Granted citizenship to ALL persons born in the United States and guarantees them EQUAL PROTECTION under law 1-4….CITIZENS MORE!

14 th Amendment……WHO WAS LEFT OUT OF BEING A CITIZEN? Native Americans were not granted CITIZENSHIP until 1924………56 YEARS LATER!

15 th Amendment (1870) Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous conditions of servitude. 1-5….VOTES CAN’T BE DENIED!

13 th, 14 th, 15 th Together These Amendments guaranteed EQUAL protection under the law for all citizens.

LASTING IMPRESSIONS OF GREAT AMERICAN LEADERS

COMPROMISE An agreement

AMENDMENT A change to the current laws

Frederick Douglass Top Box: Fought for the adoption of Constitutional Amendments that GUARANTEED Voting rights

Frederick Douglass BOTTOM BOX: Was a powerful voice for Human Rights and Civil Liberties for all

Robert E. Lee Urged SOUTHERNERS to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as AMERICANS when some wanted to continue to fight. “The War is over…we need to reunite as Americans and move forward.”

Robert E. Lee He became President of WASHINGTON COLLEGE which is now known as Washington & Lee University.

Abraham Lincoln Created a RECONSTRUCTION plan that called for RECONCILIATION

Abraham Lincoln He believed the Preservation of the UNION (keeping the country together) was more important than PUNISHING the SOUTH

The End of Reconstruction

RECONSTRUCTION Reconstruction began in 1865 after the END of the Civil War. Reconstruction ended in 1877.

WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END IN 1877? 1. The Election of 1876 ended Civil War Reconstruction in the SOUTH.

WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END IN 1877? 2. The COMPROMISE of 1877 was an agreement to completely end RECONSTRUCTION.

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER RECONSTRUCTION ENDED?

1.FEDERAL troops were removed from the SOUTH SEE YA!

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER RECONSTRUCTION ENDED? 2. African American rights that were gained were lost through JIM CROW LAWS