Reconstruction of the South

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Y0EgnLznA

RECONSTRUCTION NOTES

• 13th Amendment• 14th Amendment• Black Codes• 15th Amendment• Land• Travel• Family• Freedmen Schools• Churches• Conventions and

Elections

PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON

• Video: Slavery and the Making of America (27:51- 33:27)

• Questions: Add to Notes• 1.) What were ex-slaves doing while travelling

after the Civil War?• 2.) What were “Lost Friends” columns?• 3.) What was the key to inclusion in the “New”

America?• 4.) Who did Andrew Johnson pardon?• 5.) Who took over Reconstruction?

SHARECROPPING: AT LEAST WE AREN’T SLAVES!

RECONSTRUCTION: UNFINISHED

• 1873 (DEPRESSION) Sharecropping became the norm for poor blacks and white

• VIOLENCE: Klu Klux Klan, White League, Red Shirts

• 1890- 1908 Southern state change their Constitutions to disenfranchise Blacks.

JIM CROW: 1877- 1965

• Separate but not equal• Blacks were racially discriminated against: Poll taxes

Literacy TestsViolence- lynchingPoor public accommodationsLack of job opportunities

FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1818-1895)

• Born in slavery (mother was a slave/ father white master?)• Taught how to read and write from a white

caretaker• Escaped to New York• Traveled Britain and Ireland for two years• Published many abolitionist newspapers• Bestselling author• Supported women’s rights (Seneca Falls

Convention)