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RECONSTRUCTIONAP US History
1. WHAT WAS RECONSTRUCTION?
ReconstructionThe time period from 1863-1877
that addressed 3 major issues… How the rebellious states would be
readmitted to the Union? What the civil status of the Confederacy’s
leaders would be? Jail? Could they vote? Could they hold office again?
What the legal and Constitutional status of the Freedmen (freed slaves) would be?
2. WHAT WAS LINCOLN’S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION?
Lincoln’s PlanProclamation of Amnesty &
Reconstruction Full presidential pardons to MOST southerners
who… Took oath of allegiance to Union and US Constitution Accepted emancipation of slaves (13th Amendment)
Ten Percent Plan President would recognize state governments once
10% of the white voters in that state took the loyalty oath
State constitution had to be re-written to accept abolition of slavery
CONSIDERED LENIENT BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
3. WHAT WAS CONGRESS’ PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION?
Congress’ PlanWade-Davis Bill
50% of voters had to take loyalty oath Anyone who had served in the
Confederacy officially (soldier/politician) could NOT vote for new constitution that abolished slavery
CONSIDERED TOO HARSH BY LINCOLN – HE POCKET VETOED IT
4. DID ANY RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES PASS BEFORE LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION?
Yes…Freedmen’s Bureau (March 1865)
under General Oliver Howard Welfare agency for those made destitute in
war Food to 150,000 daily (1/3 were white)
Helped negotiate free labor contracts between white landowners and freed slaves
Tried to get minimum wage for ex-slaves Mostly, wage was called “share wage” Start of sharecropping
Greatest success: EDUCATION 3,000 schools for freedmen 200,000 freedmen learned how to read
5. WHAT ENDED THE POLITICAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND CONGRESS OVER RECONSTRUCTION?
Lincoln’s Assassination
6. WHO BECAME PRESIDENT AFTER LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION?
Andrew Johnson
Andrew JohnsonDemocrat from TennesseeGood for the North because…
Only senator from Confederacy who remained loyal to Union
Came from poor background; hated rich plantation owners
Bad for the North because… He hated black people MORE than rich
plantation owners
7. WHAT WAS JOHNSON’S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION?
President Johnson’s PlanCalled Presidential
Reconstruction Implement Lincoln’s Plan AND…
Disenfranchise two groups Former Confederate leaders & officeholders Rich whites in South with more than $20,000
in property
Claimed right to grant individual pardons to anyone he pleased
8. WHY DID THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS SOON HATE JOHNSON’S PLAN?
Congressional Objection…President Johnson pardoned
nearly all Southerners, and many returned to power
9. WHAT POLICIES DID THE SOUTHERN STATES IMPLEMENT UNDER JOHNSON’S PLAN?
Policies Implemented by the SouthPro-North
Repudiated secession Ratified 13th Amendment
Pro-South Elected former Confederate leaders to
office Denied voting rights to blacks Adopted “Black Codes”
10. WHAT WERE THE BLACK CODES?
Black CodesProhibited blacks from renting or
buying landForced blacks to sign work
contracts that prohibited their free movement
Prohibited blacks from testifying against whites in court
11. HOW DID REPUBLICANS STOP JOHNSON'S PLAN?
Republicans won control of Congress
Republicans won control of Congress in 1866 with more than a 2/3 majority
Senate: 57 (R); 9 (D) House: 177 (R); 47 (D)
What did this mean??? Republicans could override ANY
Presidential veto of their plans THIS MEANT CONGRESS WOULD DETERMINE
RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES STARTS “RADICAL” OR “CONGRESSIONAL”
RECONSTRUCTION
12. WHAT WAS “RADICAL” RECONSTRUCTION?
Radical ReconstructionThe phase of Reconstruction that
was controlled by Congress, which was dominated at the time by the “radical” Republicans
1866-1876 Republicans dominated southern
governments
13. WHO WERE THE LEADING “RADICAL” REPUBLICANS?
Radical Republican Leaders…Senate: Charles Sumner,
MassachusettsHouse: Thaddeus Stevens,
Pennsylvania
14. WHAT WAS THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE “RADICAL” REPUBLICANS?
Radical Republican Goals…They wanted to revolutionize
(change) southern society by… Extending civil rights to freed slaves Educating blacks Redistributing land confiscated from
Confederate plantation owners to freed blacks
15. WHAT PIECES OF LEGISLATION COMPRISED THE “RADICAL” REPUBLICAN PROGRAM?
Radical Republican Programs…A. Civil Rights Act of 1866B. 14th AmendmentC. Reconstruction Acts of 1867D. Tenure of Office ActE. 15th AmendmentF. Civil Rights Act of 1875
A. Civil Rights Act of 1866All African-Americans were legal
citizensSaid Black Codes were illegal
IGNORED IN THE SOUTH; SO RADICALS LOOKED TO
AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
B. 14th AmendmentAll persons born or naturalized in
the United States were citizensObligated states to respect the
rights of citizens by providing “equal protection of the laws” and “due process”
Required enfranchisement of black males or state could lose proportional # of reps and electoral votes
C. Reconstruction Acts of 186710 southern states divided into 5
military districtsUS Army registered voters for
election of delegates to constitutional convention
Enfranchised all males 21 or olderNew state constitutions had to…
Grant equal civil and political rights regardless of race
Ratified Fourteenth Amendment
D. Tenure of Office ActProhibited the President from
removing federal official without Congressional approval
Passed to protect “radical” Republicans in Johnson’s Cabinet (like Secretary of War Stanton)
President Johnson removes StantonPresident Johnson impeached by
Congress Tried in Senate “radicals” fell 1 vote short of removing him
E. 15th AmendmentProhibited any state from
denying a citizen’s right to vote based upon “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”
F. Civil Rights Act of 1875Provisions…
Guaranteed equal accommodations in public places
Prohibited exclusion of blacks from juries
Success???◦NO…
Poorly enforced Democrats gaining power in Congress (majority
by 1875)
16. WHO COMPRISED THE REPUBLICAN STATE GOVERNMENTS DURING “RADICAL” RECONSTRUCTION?
Scalawags & CarpetbaggersScalawags: southern Republicans
Tended to be former Whigs; who wanted economic development and industrialization
Carpetbaggers: northern Republicans
Investors Missionaries Teachers Corrupt profit seekers
17. DID ANY AFRICAN AMERICANS GET ELECTED TO THE US CONGRESS IN RECONSTRUCTION?
Yes…Senate (2)
Hiram Revels: Mississippi; took Jefferson Davis’ seat
Blanche Bruce
House (12)
Hiram Revels
18. WAS “RADICAL” REPUBLICAN (CONGRESSIONAL) RECONSTRUCTION A SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
Success or Failure???Successes:
Universal male suffrage Promoted building of infrastructure Asylums for handicapped State-run public schools Overhauled tax system
Failures: CORRUPTION
Politicians took many bribes BUT: THIS WAS HAPPENING IN THE NORTH TOO
19. WHAT DID THE FREED BLACKS DO TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENCE FROM WHITE CONTROL?
Independence…Established independent black churches
Negro Baptist Church African Methodist Episcopal Church
Established independent schools
Established independent black colleges Howard, Fisk, and Morehouse
Established black communities
20. HOW DID MOST BLACKS EARN A LIVING AFTER SLAVERY?
Sharecropping…Landlord (white) provided seed
and tools while sharecropper (black) gave landlord 50% of harvest (typically)
Problem… By having to pay 50% of crop to landlord,
sharecropper never had enough left over to make substantial profit (if any)
Furnishing Merchant
Tenant Farmer Land Owner
Loan tools and seed up to 60% interest to tenant farmer to plant spring crop.
Farmer also secures food, clothing, andother necessities oncredit from merchant until the harvest.
Merchant holds “lien” {mortgage} on part of tenant’s future crops as repayment of debt.
Plants crop, harvests in autumn.
Turns over up to ½ of crop to land owner as payment of rent.
Tenant gives remainder of crop to merchant inpayment of debt.
Rents land to tenant in exchange for ¼ to ½ of tenant farmer’s future crop.
Crop Lien System
21. WHAT WAS THE NORTH LIKE DURING RECONSTRUCTION?
Corruption, Corruption, Corruption Credit Mobilier Affair
Railroad investors were stealing government money which was supposed to finance the railroad
Investors bribed Congressmen with free shares of railroad stock
William “Boss” Tweed Stole tax money from NYC public ($200 million) Exposed by The New York Times and Thomas Nast
Panic of 1873 Overproduction, under consumption = depression Called for paper money (Greenbacks) is denied
Boss Tweed
Boss Tweed
22. WHO WAS ELECTED IN 1868?
Ulysses S. GrantRepublicanWon only 300,000 more popular
votes500,000 blacks voted for himTHUS: most whites did NOT vote
for him
23. HOW DID SOUTHERN WHITES (REDEEMERS) FIGHT “RADICAL” RECONSTRUCTION?
Mississippi Plan…“persuade” or intimidate…
White Republicans to vote Democrat
24. WHAT WAS THE PRINCIPLE GROUP THAT IMPLEMENTED THE MISSISSIPPI PLAN?
Ku Klux Klan…Founded 1867 by Nathan Bedford
ForrestCongress passed Force Acts of
1870 and 1871 to crush Klan power
25. WHAT OFFICIALLY ENDED RECONSTRUCTION?
The Compromise of 1877…Election of 1876
◦Tilden (Democrat) vs. Hayes (Republican)
Tilden carries 4 northern states and all southern states except the three states which were not reconstructed (SC, FL, and LA)
Republicans claim blacks intimidated into not voting in those states
All 3 given to Hayes Democrats refuse to concede, Congress split Electoral commission says Hayes wins!!!
26. WHAT WAS IN THE COMPROMISE OF 1877?
Compromise of 1877…Republicans
Hayes got Presidency
Democrats $ to rebuild levees on lower Mississippi
River $ for southern transcontinental Railroad Southerner as Postmaster General Withdrawal of remaining federal troops
from South