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Reconstruction 1865-1877
African American migration from the north to the west
Sharecropping and tenant farming Jim Crow laws ( Black codes) Southern govt. had a variety of methods for
blacks not to vote Southerners resented carpetbaggers
SOL 7.1.6
After the Civil War in the South:
How should the U.S. rebuild and reform?
How do we define loyalty?
Who are Lincoln, Lee and Douglass?
What Should We Do?
Southern military leaders barred from public office
Military supervision by Northern soldiers African Americans elected to office Freedman’s Bureau established Civil Rights Act of 1866 enforced by federal
troops SOL 7.1.4
Positive and Negative Consequences of Reconstruction
The Freedmen’s BureauTHE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU
The first duty of the Freedman’s Bureau was to provide emergency relief to the people displaced by the Civil War – including both recently liberated slaves and Southern whites. Later, the Freedman’s Bureau would set up schools, and
help to resolve disputes between whites and African-Americans in Southern states by establishing its own court system.
Freedman’s Bureau SchoolhousesFREEDMAN’S BUREAU SCHOOLS
Most Southern towns did not have public schools prior to the Civil War, and what education was available to children took place at home. Following the Civil War, African-Americans who had gained independence sought
what they had always been denied – literacy, scholarship, job training, and college educations.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln’s 10% Plan would likely have been more lenient on the South than the Radical Reconstruction to follow. Sadly, he was assassinated in 1865 at the hands of John Wilkes Booth.
Abraham Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan - 1865LINCOLN’S TEN PERCENT PLAN:
• * Ten Percent of the voters of a state must swear loyalty to the United States. • *The new government of the state must outlaw slavery.
• *Amnesty, or a group pardon for crimes, for most Confederate soldiers.• *No Confederate government leaders or military leaders could hold office.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the
most outspoken abolitionist speakers in the United States
during the Reconstruction period. During the Civil War, he petitioned President Lincoln to
allow newly freed slaves to serve in the United States
Military. After the war, he led the Freedman’s Bureau and served as the United States
ambassador to Haiti.
How did the actions of people affect events during Reconstruction?
What actions did the government take to extend civil rights to the formerly enslaved?
Why do you think people moved west of the Mississippi after the Civil War?
Summing it up:
U.S. President from1860 until his assassination in 1865
Wanted to preserve the union “With malice toward none, and charity for
all, let us bind up the nation’s wounds.” “Freed the slaves” (13th amendment)
Abraham Lincoln
Urged Southerners to reconcile at the end of the war and reunite
Leader of the Confederate Army in the Civil War
Became president of Washington and Lee University
Robert. E. Lee
Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed VOTING rights
Powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties
A former slave
Fredrick Douglass
13th- Bans slavery (Lincoln)
14th- Grants citizenship to those born in America (Except Native Americans)
15th- Ensures citizens right to vote regardless of race, color or condition of servitude
Civil War Amendments:
Congress had to decide who won (Tilden vs Hayes)
Hayes became president Northern troops were withdrawn from the
south It was the end of Reconstruction!
Compromise of 1877
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