RECONSTRUCTION

RECONSTRUCTION1865-1877

I. The State of the UnionA. Conditions in the South

1. Devastation2. Disorganization3. Discrimination

B. Political Rivals with two questions to answer:

- what is the process for readmission?

- how should we reorganize Southern life?

1. Andrew Johnson2. Radical Republicans3. Former Confederates

C. Diverse groups with Divergent Interests

1. Southern aristocracy2. Poor whites3. Freed slaves4. Carpetbaggers5. ‘Scalawags’6. KKK, etc.

II. Rebuilding/ReconstructingA. Politically

1. Congressional Lock-out2. Civil Rights Act, 1866 3. 13th amendment, 18654. 14th Amendment, 18675. 15th Amendment, 1870

B. Socially1. Freedman’s Bureau2. Public Schools3. Church-based schools and

universities4. Enforcement Acts of 1870, 1871

C. Economically1. Federally sponsored public works

projects2. Private Property rights trump

redistribution3. Sharecropping and tenant

farming4. Diversified economy

D. Military Rule, 1868-18771. 5 Military Districts2. Each governed by a general3. Martial Law (civilian law enforced

by military personnel)4. Civil Rights Acts and

Ammendments enforced

III. The End of an EraA. Jim Crow emergesB. Amnesty Act and Expiration of Freedman’s Bureau, 1872C. Election of 1876/Compromise of 1876

1. Hayes-Tilden DealD. Reconstruction Ends, 1877E. Effects

1. Positive2. Negative