1. QOTD
Presidential Reconstruction aimed to pardon anyone in the former Confederate States who would
a) accept the citizenship of former slaves.
b) swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.
c) were never members of Confederate government.
d) ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.

2. QOTD
Presidential Reconstruction aimed to pardon anyone in the former Confederate States who would
b) swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.

3. Today’s Standard SSUSH10
Explain forms of resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction; the Election of 1876

4. The End of Reconstruction

5. President Grant’s 2nd Term
Grant continues Reconstruction after Johnson’s failed attempts
However the South’s reaction is violent
Greed and poor government caused white voters to get weary of Reconstruction policies
1) African-Americans are free but still oppressed in the South

6. Spreading Terror in the South
1866
2) Nathan Bedford Forrest
The Ku Klux Klan
Pulaski, Tennessee
Wore masks and robes; pretended to be ghosts of Confederate soldiers
Committed acts of hate, terrorism, violence, and murder
Opposed Reconstruction and civil rights for African-Americans

7. Tactics of the KKK
3) A) They murdered or attacked white and black Republican leaders
B) Assaulted and killed successful African-Americans
C) Burned homes, schools, and churches of blacks and whites who supported Reconstruction.

8. Grant and Congress React
4) The Enforcement Acts
They were passed to stop the KKK and southern white resistance to Reconstruction
Passed in

9. The Panic of 1873
As the still divided U.S. tries to move forward, a massive depression hits
5) The Panic of 1873
Despite the attempts by the Radical Republicans to restore order and extend rights, they are blamed for the Panic
6) 1874 – Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives
7) Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1875
Prohibiting businesses from discriminating against blacks
But the terrorist acts continue

10. The Election of 1876 Grant retires after 2 terms
Democrats nominate Samuel Tilden
Republicans nominate Rutherford B. Hayes
Tilden wins popular vote with solid support from the South
2) Electoral College is too close to call
A deal between the Republicans and Democrats is needed
3) Compromise of 1877

11. The Compromise of 1877 The deal:
4) a) Hayes will be the 19th President of the U.S. – the Republicans get their way BUT
b) Hayes must remove ALL federal troops from the South – the Democrats get their way
Hayes must also give support to help rebuild southern railroads and levees on the Mississippi River.
Reconstruction is officially over
The problem – issues of social equality are never solved.

12. Unit 4 Study Guides 1) Sectionalism Intensifies
2) Mexican War / Compromise of 1850
3) Compromise Fails / Southern Secession
4) Civil War Begins
5) Bull Run to Antietam
6) Gettysburg & the End of the War
7) Reconstruction Part I
8) Reconstruction Part II