Reconstruction

Preassessment

(Review)

#1

• The time period from 1865-1877 which the South was rebuilt was known as _________________

• Reconstruction

• ___________,________ and ________________ were destroyed

•Land, buildings, and transportation

#2

#3

• The economy of the South was in shambles following the Civil War because the money was _, _______ were ruined, ___ forced to close, and ____ prices were down.

• Worthless, banks, industries, cotton

#4• The price of cotton was

down in the South because _____________ had found new places to raise their own.

• Great Britain

#5

•Northerners who went South after the Civil War were called _________

•carpetbaggers

#6• Southern whites who

cooperated with the Republican controlled government in the South were called ___________

• Scalawags

#7

• Southerners that refused to take the “iron clad oath” lost the right to ____

• vote

#8• Problems of the Black South:

most couldn’t ___________ or _________ they were not used to being ________ they had no concept of _________

• Read, write ; on their own; money

#9

• ____________ was set up to assist the Freedmen to adjust to their new lives.

• Freedmen’s Bureau

#10

•The most lasting impact of the Freedmen’s Bureau was _____

•Education

#11

• A series of laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans were_______

• Black Codes

#12• How did sharecropping lead to

a cycle of debt?• The poor whites and freedmen

had no money and had to borrow to grow their crops

• Their share of the crops was not enough to cover their debt

• They couldn’t leave until the debt was paid off.

#13• _______ were freedmen

that moved to Kansas and points westward.

• Exoduster

#14

• ______ sources are usually eyewitness accounts, while _____ are not.

• Primary; Secondary

#15

• _______ Plan for reconstruction involved healing wartime bitterness and a 10% plan

• Lincoln’s

#16

• Radicals wanted _______ in control of Reconstruction

• Congress

#17

• While Johnson and Lincoln wanted amnesty the Radicals wanted to _______ the South

• punish

#18

• Andrew Johnson agreed with __________ Reconstruction plan

• Lincoln’s

#19

• Andrew Johnson was impeached because he violated the ______ Act

• Tenure of Office Act

#20

• The impeachment process involves the ____ impeaching and the ______ holding the trial

• House ; Senate

#21

• The _____ threatened African Americans, carpetbaggers and teachers of African Americans

• KKK

#22

• __________ State laws that made segregation legal

• Jim Crow laws

#23

• During Reconstruction the South was placed under _____________

• Martial Law

#24

• Once the military withdrew black _______ all but ended

• rights

#25• Hayes promised the South

favors in the Compromise of ___ including withdraw of the _____, appointment of a Southern to the ________ and ___ for improvements.

• 1877; troops, cabinet, and money

#26-28• 13th Amendment: freed the

slaves

• 14th Amendment: citizenship for former slaves; gave them civil rights

• 15th Amendment: Black men could vote

#29 • Compare/Contrast Johnson’s

Reconstruction Plan to that of the Radical Republicans

• Johnson wanted to forgive the South while the Radical wanted to punish

* Both wanted to restore the Union

#30• What was the outcome of Pres.

Johnson’s impeachment? Why would his impeachment been a threat to our Constitutional government?

• 1 vote shy of removal from office;

• The balance of power would have shifted to Congress

#31-End of Reconstruction• Corruption

• Economy

• Corruption

• Democrats return to power

#32-Crime of Reconstruction

• Freeing the slaves and giving them rights, but then abandoning them back to their former owners who will treat them the same as before

#33-Dream of Emancipation

• Dream was of equality

• Reality was beatings, cycle of poverty, segregation, violation of rights

#34 Effects

• Physical- land, building, and transportation destroyed

• Political- 13,14, 15 Amendments; Freedmen’s Bureau; black codes

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• Socially: freedom, finding families;

• Economy: money was worthless; sharecropping, industries destroyed, cotton prices down

• Be sure to study your charts, notes, bell ringers, and homework papers.

• Evaluate whether Reconstruction was a success or a failure and provide facts to support your opinion.

• Name immediate and long-term effects of Reconstruction.

STUDY!!

• This is your first major test in American Studies. Your test average is 50% of your overall grade.

• The test will be multiple choice, short answer questions, and extended response questions.