1. RECONSTRUCTION

2. Reconstruction Lasted from 1865-1877 Bringing the Southern states
back into the
Union
Rebuilding the
South

3. Reconstruction Under Andrew Johnson
Go easy on the South
Let the South pass “black
codes” – limit the
freedom of Blacks
Land returned to
Southern owners
Southerners given power
in Congress

4. Reconstruction Under Congress
Congress wanted to
impeach Johnson
Took power away
from the South
Created the
Freedmen’s Bureau

5. Reconstruction Under Congress
Passed the 13th, 14th, and
15th amendments
South was divided into 5
military parts
South HAD to agree to the
13th, 14th, and 15th
amend. before being
brought back into the
Union

6. Freedom Amendments States couldn’t pass laws taking
away Blacks’ rights
Equal protection
under the law
Gave ex-slaves a
chance to vote
Blacks in office

7. Freedmen’s Bureau Created in March 1865 Help ex-slaves in society
Gave ex-slaves land
in the South
Set up public
schools

8. Freedmen’s Bureau Set up medical care Created courts for
Blacks – settle land
and work arguments
Many Whites hated the
Freedmen’s Bureau –
waste of government
money

9. Ku Klux Klan Whites against Reconstruction Secret groups
Terrorized Blacks

10. Ku Klux Klan Congress passed laws to protect Blacks against KKK
Laws made it so the
army could be used
against the KKK
KKK continued to
grow anyway

11. White League Public groups – didn’t hide their faces Against Blacks
and abolitionists
Mainly in
Louisiana
Used force and
violence

12. Carpetbaggers White Northerners who came to the South
Took advantage of the
poor in the South
Got in the South’s
business
Wanted to take over
and make money

13. Scalawags White Southerners who sided with the North Supported
Reconstruction
Worked with Blacks
Worked with the
North to make money

14. End of Reconstruction KKK became more powerful Fewer Blacks voted
Scalawags and
Carpetbaggers left the
South
Presidential Election of
1876

15. Presidential Election of 1876
Between Rutherford B.
Hayes and Samuel Tilden
Hayes won even though
Tilden won the popular
vote
Hayes ordered army to the
leave the South
Blacks’ rights were
limited
Black codes and Jim Crow
laws
Hayes
Tilden

16. Where do you think “Jim Crow” came from based on this poster?
Closing Question
Where do you think “Jim Crow” came from based on this poster?