CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 14 RECONSTRUCTIONChapter 14 VocabularyReconstructionCapitalCarpetbaggersScalawagsFreedmens BureauImpeach13th Amendment14th Amendment15th AmendmentLynchingI. ECONOMIC PROBLEMSI. Economic ProblemsMoneyConfederate Money became worthlessGeorgia was in debtFarmers lost their CAPITALSociety needed to rely on Sharecropping and Tenant Farming

I. Economic Problems

Sharecropper person who owns nothing. Works for a share of the crops.Tenant Farmer the same as a sharecropper but owns their own tools and/or seeds.I. Economic problemsOne goal of the war was to get the south away from a dependency on Cotton, but they just went back to it.Land prices dropped. CARPETBAGGERS from the North came and bought up all the land.

I. Economic Problems

Thousands of people moved to Atlanta looking for jobs, making it the biggest and most important city.Atlanta becomes the capital in 1868 because of its superior transportation (railroad) network.II. SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONII. Social ReconstructionFreedman a term referring to a newly freed slave.The Republican Party established the Freedmens Bureau to help newly freed slaves.They established several African American colleges including Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Clark College

II. Social Reconstruction

Several churches became divided on the issue of slavery and social injustices so several new churches were created.III. Political ReconstructionIII. Political ReconstructionLincolns PlanCongresss PlanWanted to go easy on the South. 10 Percent Plan if 10% swear an oath to the Union, the state can rejoin.Confederate leaders could be pardoned (forgiven).Write a new constitutionControlled by Radical Republicans. extremeWanted to punish the South.50% swear an oath of allegiance.Write a new constitution.Ratify the 13th AMENDMENT.III. Political ReconstructionLincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson (a Democrat) becomes president. He was sympathetic to the South.Radical Republicans IMPEACH Andrew Johnson and take over Reconstruction.

III. Political ReconstructionPhase 1Georgia rewrites their constitution.All Southern states ratify the 13th Amendment. Ends slavery.Southern states create black codes, which are laws that discriminate against freedmen

III. Political ReconstructionExamples of black codes:Whipping allowed for punishment.Longer working hours for blacks.Blacks arrested for loitering.No blacks can testify or serve on juries.

III. Political Reconstruction

Phase IISouthern states placed back under military rule until they ratify the 14th AMENDMENT- prevents laws from discriminated based on race.The South was divided into 5 military districts. Georgia was in a military district with Alabama and Florida. A Republican governor was put in charge of Georgia.III. Political ReconstructionSCALAWAGS (traitors) were people who were from the South but voted for Republicans.Scalawags and carpetbaggers work together to approve the 14th amendment in Georgia.Georgia is removed from military rule.

III. Political Reconstruction

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was created in the south to terrorize both freedmen and scalawags.They did not want freedmen to practice their new rights.Supported the Democratic Party.Republicans in the North created the Force Act designed to stop the KKK but it didnt work.Performed LYNCHINGS.III. Political ReconstructionPhase IIISouthern states were placed under military rule for the 3rd time until they ratified the 15th AMENDMENT gave African Americans the right to vote.Georgia ratified the 15th amendment and was removed from military rule.Southern states imposed poll taxes and literacy tests.

IV. End of ReconstructionIV. End of ReconstructionElection of 1876Republican Rutherford B. HayesDemocrat Samuel TildenThe election was close and they were unsure who really won.Compromise of 1877 stated that Hayes would become president if the North promised to officially end Reconstruction.