1. ACT IV: Congress Impeaches Johnson Act IV: Congress lays down the smack.

2. Gone Impeachin’ Congress thought Johnson was not doing his job, because he was not enforcing the Reconstruction Laws. They wanted him out of office!

3. Tenure of Office Act They also wanted to make sure Edwin Stanton stayed in the Cabinet. Created the Tenure of Office Act –Prevented the President from firing Cabinet members without the consent of Congress. Johnson fired Stanton. House of Reps impeached him (1868).

4. Johnson is found not guilty by one vote!

5. Why? Some moderates feared Wade becoming president, because he was so into equal rights. Others felt the trial was too biased. Some said the Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional. 7 Republicans voted “not guilty”… and Lyman Trumbull was one of them!

6. Ulysses S. Grant as President Johnson is not nominated to run in next election. Ulysses S. Grant becomes President. –Majority of African-Americans vote for him. 15 th Amendment is ratified, giving all men the right to vote (ratified 1870).

7. ACT IV: Congress Impeaches Johnson

8. I can describe the sequence of events that led to Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial. Duh. Who can’t? I can explain why Andrew Johnson was acquitted. Jerk. I know, he was, wasn’t he? No, I mean you.

9. ACT V: Changes in society “I think a change (a change, a change) will do you good.” –Sheryl Crow “I think a change (a change, a change) will do you good.” –Sheryl Crow

10. Race Relations: 1865-1877 This was the BEST TIME EVER for race relations in the United States (pre-1960s Civil Rights Movement). Civil rights laws were passed and enforced. African-Americans were elected to Congress beginning in 1870! –Hiram Rhoades Revels was the first in Congress (a senator). –FYI…he is 1 of only 9 Black senators in our history!!! (2 in this era, and 7 since 1960’s)

12. Black Congressmen 1870-1877 House of Representatives Jefferson Franklin Long (Republican, GA) Joseph Hayne Rainey (Republican, SC) Robert Carlos De Large (Republican, SC) Robert Brown Elliott (Republican, SC) Benjamin Sterling Turner (Republican, AL) Josiah Thomas Walls (Republican, FL) Richard Harvey Cain (Republican, SC) John Roy Lynch (Republican, MS) Alonzo Jacob Ransier (Republican, SC) James Thomas Rapier (Republican, AL) Jeremiah Haralson (Republican, AL) John Adams Hyman (Republican, NC) Charles Edmund Nash (Republican, LA) Robert Smalls (Republican, SC) Senate Hiram Rhodes Revels (Republican, MS) Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican, MS)

13. Ku Klux Klan Is Formed Terrorist group formed in Tennessee in 1866.Terrorist group formed in Tennessee in 1866. Targeted Blacks and Whites that supported them.Targeted Blacks and Whites that supported them. Used violence—usually murder—to terrorize their targets.Used violence—usually murder—to terrorize their targets. –Burned churches, schools, etc. –Killed livestock that belonged to their targets. Congress passed laws against the KKK’s activities in order to protect people.Congress passed laws against the KKK’s activities in order to protect people. –Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 KKK activity decreased but did not go away.KKK activity decreased but did not go away.

14. ACT IV: Congress Impeaches Johnson

15. I can compare and contrast the way in which the KKK was handled during the Reconstruction Era and the way in which it is handled today. I hate your show- offy attitude. I can evaluate the effect that enforcing laws had on improving society during Reconstruction.