1. Be in assigned seat when the Bell rings or go get a Hero pass!
NO PHONES
FROM
Be in assigned seat when the
Bell rings or go get a Hero pass!

2. VOCABULARY!!!!
Coerce
Infrastructure
Corrupt
Urban
Sensationalize

3. Coerce persuade by using force or threats
The Federal government attempted to coerce Native Americans onto reservations by sending troops to the West.

4. infrastructure
basic structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or business
Like…buildings, roads, and power supplies
America’s roads, power grids, and bridges make up the nation’s aging infrastructure.

5. corrupt willingness to act dishonestly for personal gain
People have lost faith in our government because so many officials are obviously corrupt.

6. urban
Relating to or characteristic of a city Urban areas tend to have more crime and diversity than rural areas.

7. sensationalize
Intentionally presenting misleading information to excite the public .

8. Key Terms/Events Reconstruction Questions of Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
Redeemers
Freedmen
Lincoln’s 10% Plan
Wade-Davis Bill

9. Reconstruction RECONSTRUCTION (1865-77):
NOTES
Reconstruction
RECONSTRUCTION ( ):
Period when America is put back together following Civil War
To understand that period, you need understand the following groups…

10. Should the South be punished?
NOTES
QUESTIONS OF RECONSTRUCTION:
Should the South be punished?
What should they have to do to get back into the Union?
How can/should former slaves be handled?

11. You Southern $#@%#&s are gonna pay!!!
NOTES
Reconstruction
Radical Republicans: North
Want equal rights for freedmen
Goal: punish South/change Southern culture
You Southern are gonna pay!!!

12. Try all you want. You won’t EVER change the South.
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Reconstruction
Redeemers: South
Want to return South to pre-Civil War days
… make it like it was
Rely on violence to achieve goals (kicking the Yankees out… making it like it was)
Try all you want. You won’t EVER change the South.

13. Let’s get this over with so we can make some money…
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Reconstruction
Moderate Republicans: North
Worried about ECONOMICS
Wanted to move on quickly
Not concerned with Freedmen
Let’s get this over with so we can make some money…

14. 40 acres and a mule and I’ll be just fine.
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Reconstruction
Freedmen: South
Former slaves (4 million total)
Want to:
*own land
*get education
40 acres and a mule and I’ll be just fine.

15. Reconstruction Lincoln’s 10% Plan (1864)
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Reconstruction
Reconstruction Plans:
Lincoln’s 10% Plan (1864)
States can be re-admitted if 10% of citizens took loyalty oath
Lincoln: Legally, South never left Union
Trying to be gentle to South (moderate)
Full pardons to former rebels who:
a) Took oath of allegiance to US Constitution
b) Accepted that slavery was over

16. Reconstruction Wade-Davis Bill
NOTES
Reconstruction
Reconstruction Plans:
Wade-Davis Bill
GOAL: keep former Southern leaders out of power
Required 50% of state to take loyalty oath
Much more harsh (Radical)

17. Whose Line is it Anyway?
Read the statement, then decide who said it… THEN EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNEW!

18. Radical, Redeemer, or Freedman?
“Will I stay here in the South? My family is here. But there aren’t any schools and I MUST learn to read and write because I don’t want to sharecrop forever.”

19. Radical, Redeemer, or Freedman?
“600,000 people died fighting this war that the Southern rebels started. They should be punished for the misery they caused! And for the inhuman treatment of their slaves!’

20. Radical, Redeemer, or Freedman?
“These carpetbaggers and scalawags may want to make the Negro my equal, but that isn’t God’s will! We will accept defeat in war, but never accept the Northern way of life!”

21. Radical, Redeemer, or Freedman?
“All my people want is land and rights. We can’t be free unless we can farm our own farms and vote for the representatives we choose.”

22. Radical, Redeemer, or Freedman?
“Whether those rebels like it or not, the Negro is free. And they WILL get educated. And they WILL be treated as equal citizens. Until those Southerners get that, they can count on our troops staying down there!”

23. Radical, Redeemer, or Freedman?
“They can call it ‘Reconstruction’. To me it’s deconstruction. But I promise you this: when they leave, it will go back to the way it was – the right way. I promise there won’t be any blacks voting in my county as long as I live. No matter what it takes.”