1. What gains and challenges did the newly freed African Americans experience during Reconstruction?

2. Reconstruction
The time after the Civil War ( ) the country was being rebuilt.
Have you ever had a bad breakup and then wanted to get back together?
Have you ever completely destroyed a toy and then tried to repair it?
Why is it always easier to destroy then create???

3. After the Civil War The South Cost in Lives – 260,000 dead
Destroyed Infrastructure
Worthless Confederate Money – Bankruptcy

4. After the Civil War African Americans Millions of emancipated slaves
were homeless.
had no work opportunities.
faced discrimination.

6. 1865
13th Amendment passed
Abolished slavery

7. Freedom… Started their own churches Organized schools
Joined political groups
Looked for relatives
Looked for opportunities in towns

8. Freedmen’s Bureau
Organization established by Congress to help African Americans make the transition from slavery to freedom.
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9. Freedmen’s Bureau School

10. Freedmen’s Bureau Seen through Southern Eyes

11. Black Codes Restrictions placed on African Americans
Examples: p

12. 1868
14th Amendment passed
Guaranteed equal constitutional rights to all citizens

13. Sharecropping / Tenant Farming
Farming the land as a tenant for the owner and being paid a share of the crop
Drawbacks: p

15. 1870
15th Amendment passed
Granted suffrage to black men

17. Voting Restrictions LITERACY TESTS POLL TAXE$ GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS

18. Ku Klux Klan
Responsible for intimidating, beating, and murdering black citizens.

19. No new civil rights act was attempted for 90 years!
Civil Rights Acts
1866
Protected the rights of freed slaves and to guarantee equal rights to blacks.
1875
Made it a crime for any individual to deny full & equal access to public places.
Prohibited discrimination in jury selection.
Not enforced.
No new civil rights act was attempted for 90 years!

20. Jim Crow Laws Segregation laws
“Separate but Equal” status for African Americans

22. Reconstruction Report Card
Think about the effect of Reconstruction on African Americans.
Give Reconstruction a grade: A, B, C, D, or F
Explain why it was successful and/or why it was a failure.

23. Review Quiz

24. Which constitutional amendments were called “Civil War Amendments”?
1st, 2nd, 3rd
10th, 11th, 12th
13th, 14th, 15th
27th, 28th, 29th

25. Slavery was abolished in the United States by …
The Emancipation Proclamation
The 1st Amendment to the Constitution
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution
The 26th Amendment to the Constitution

26. The Freedman’s Bureau was established to…
Transport freed slaves to the North.
Provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education.
Establish public works projects.
Redistribute planters’ land to former slaves.

27. What does the 14th Amendment guarantee to all Americans, regardless of race?
Separate but equal public facilities
The right to vote
Equal protection under the law
40 acres and a mule

28. Who was given the right to vote with the 15th Amendment?
White women
Black women
Black men
White men

29. What were “Jim Crow” laws?
Laws that forced Southerners to accept Reconstruction
Laws in the North that protected African Americans
Laws intended to punish ex-Confederates
Laws that effectively segregated the races in the South

30. What was the job of the Ku Klux Klan and similar groups in the South?
Clean up corruption and incompetence in government.
Protect white southerners from ruthless carpetbaggers.
Return white Democrats to power in every southern state.
Protect the rights of black voters and officials.