1. Every relationship can be fixed!
Reconstruction
Every relationship can be fixed!

2. Ideas?
Lincoln’s Plan: 10% of voters from each state in South declare loyalty to Union
Johnson’s Plan: Ratify 13th Amendment and abolish slavery
Wade-Davis Bill: Over 50% of voters had to declare loyalty to Union
Radical Republicans idea

3. Andrew Johnson President after Lincoln dies
From Tennessee: did not join Confederacy, but did not want to punish the South
Southern states pass Black Codes: limit rights of African Americans
Congress upset at how South is not helping with Reconstruction

4. Andrew Johnson Civil Rights Act of 1866 vetoed by Johnson
Congress wanted to counter Black Codes
14th Amendment passes: Equal rights to all men
15th Amendment passes
Right to vote to all men

5. Johnson Impeached
House impeaches Johnson after violating Tenure of Office Act: The Act stated that the President (in this case, Johnson) was not allowed to remove any Cabinet members without Congressional approval
Radical Republicans (believed in punishing the South) were upset Johnson was removing members of the Cabinet who were Radical Republicans
Senate did not remove from office by 1 vote

6. Occupation of the South
Military Reconstruction Act of 1867: divides South in 5 military districts and set requirements for states to reenter Union
South feels it is being treated unfairly after Civil War

7. Scalawag and Carpetbagger
Republican Party attracted people who wanted change
Scalawags: Southern white men who had been locked out by pre-Civil War politics and collaborated with the Northerners (Republicans)
Carpetbaggers: northern white or African American men who relocated to South for better economic or political opportunities
Redeemers: Radical white southerners tried to take away freedoms of African Americans in the South

8. Education Reform in South
Women reshaped school system in South
Southerners wanted segregated school system
Integration of schools appealed to Radical Republicans

9. New Farm Systems in South
With no slavery, Plantation owners could not pay for supplies or workers
Sharecropping: landowner dictates crops grown and give workers place to live for share of harvested crop
Share-tenancy: worker chose the crop and bought own supplies, then gave share of crop to landowner
Tenant farming: tenant paid rent to landowner, free to pick crop and live where wanted to

10. Ku Klux Klan
Racial group grew as African Americans gained more success
Congress passes Enforcement Acts
Federal offense to interfere with a citizen’s right to vote

11. Ulysses S. Grant President after Johnson Popular after Civil War
Military operation costs in the South worried people
1871: Troops withdrawn from South

12. Panic of 1873
Republicans decline in popularity because of poor economy: Democrats gain popularity
Causes:
Post-war inflation
Chicago and Boston Fires
Over speculation of railroad investments

13. Election of 1876

14. Compromise of 1877
1876 election: Democrat Tilden received 51% of popular vote
Republicans asked for recount: found enough mistakes to swing the election
Rutherford B. Hayes won election with Compromise of 1877
Remaining federal troops were withdrawn from South
Southern states were guaranteed federal subsidies to build railroads and improve ports
Compromise between Republicans and Democrats
Ended Reconstruction