the end of Reconstruction

All information taken from the curriculum guide; images from a variety of Google images

Election of 1876Rutherford B. Hayes wins the

election of 1876– Wanted to end radical

reconstruction

– Former governor of Ohio, Republican

– Compromise of 1877; ended Military occupation in the south

The “Compromise” of 1877Rutherford B. Hayes is

given the Presidency when Republicans agree to:

1.Name a Southern to Cabinet

2.Federal spending on rebuilding South

3. Remove military from the South

The removal of troops = the end of Reconstruction!!!

African American rights• Rights that African Americans gained

were lost through black codes especially in the South. – Black Codes

• Laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers.

– Black codes intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery.

African Americans after the reconstruction

Where will they live and work?They…

–Rented pieces of land usually from their former master

–Forced to give percentage of crops to Plantation owner

SharecroppingCrop Lien System•Sharecroppers had no income until harvest time

•Had to promise their crops to local merchants in order to get supplies

The Ku Klux Klan

• KKK was founded in 1866 by 6 former Confederates

• Terrorists

• Used intimidation, fear and violence

Denied Their Rights

Methods Used In The South to Deny African

Americans their rights.

Literacy Tests Grandfather Clauses

Poll Tax Jim Crow Laws

test where blacks had to read and

write to vote

Helped whites who couldn’t read – If your grandfather

voted in 1867, you could vote.

A registration fee to vote.

Laws that segregated blacks

from whites in public places

Jim Crow Laws- laws that legalized segregation

Segregation- Separating of the Races

By the 1890’s all southern states had legally segregated public transportation, schools, parks and other public places.

Plessy v. Ferguson• Homer Plessy was

denied a seat in a first class railway car

• Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” facilities did not violate the 14th amendment

• Legalized segregation

The end of Reconstruction• The south slowly rebuilds after the

civil war• African Americans fight to keep their

newly acquired rights– Jim Crow laws– Plessy vs. Ferguson/segregation

• Many southerners move west to settle in new lands with better economic opportunities—a new start.