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Bell Ringer
Complete the following:
________’s election in 1860 led to the _________ of Southern states
Lincoln ----- secession
Bell Ringer
After the Battle at __________, Lincoln issued the ____________ _________ which ____ _____ in “areas of rebellion” (1862)
Antietam – Emancipation Proclamation – freed slaves
Bell Ringer
Opening shots of the war: ______ ______, SC - 1861
Battle of __________, PA: Turning point: victory for the North -1863
Fort Sumter -- Gettysburg
Quotes
“We hold it to be the duty of the government to inflict punishment on the rebels… The whole fabric of southern society must be changed.
Thaddeus Stevens, “Radical Republican” leader of Congress
With malice toward none, with charity for all…let us bind up the nation’s wounds.. and achieve a just and lasting peace.
Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address
Reconstruction
The southern states were left embittered and devastated by the war.
What kind of things were destroyed in the war?
What problems did the nation have to solve?
Reconstruction
At the end of the war, there was no agreed-upon plan for Reconstruction Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan – “charity for all” Congress’s Wade-Davis Bill (Radical
Republicans) – “punish the South”
After Lincoln’s death, Andrew Johnson becomes president
Johnson’s plan let the South in quickly, but did not protect rights of freed blacks
What did the Black Codes do?
“All freedmen, free negroes, and mulattoes in this State, with no lawful employment or business, or found unlawful assembling themselves together either in the day or night shall be fined fifty dollars”How were African-Americans controlled in the South?
Battles over Reconstruction
Congress battles with President Johnson on Freedman’s Bureau – social, legal help Civil Rights Act – no racial discrimination
Congress passes bills Johnson vetoes them Congress overrides the vetoes 14th Amendment
Johnson tries to defeat the 14th Amendment “Swing Around the Circle” – he fails!
The Civil War Amendments- read the amendments on pgs 168-170 and in your own words write what the amendments accomplished.
13th
14th
15th Can you find the flaw in the 15th Amendment?
Ulysses S. Grant wins a close electionConfederates were not
allowed to voteSupport from carpetbaggers
and scalawagsAnd for the 1st time…freed
African-Americans
Election of 1868
Opposition to Reconstruction
Who might oppose Reconstruction?Who were the Redeemers? What did they do to oppose Reconstruction?
The “Invisible Empire of the South”
The “Invisible Empire of the South”
“Of course he wants to vote for the Democratic ticket”
The End of Reconstruction
Why does support for Reconstruction end?
Northerners have moved on Political scandals in Grant’s administration Economic depression: Panic of 1873 After the 15th Amendment, many think the
work is done
Supreme Court weakens Amendments
The South regains control…
Compromise of 1877
The END of Reconstruction
No one clearly wins the Presidential election – Hayes (R) v Tilden (D)
Congress makes a deal: Republicans get Hayes as president if the
South gets: federal troops removedmoney for rail, rebuilding, projectsto govern themselves without Northerners
Word Maps
Was sharecropping a good idea for landowners? For poor whites and freedmen?
Definition:
11th grade sentence:Drawing:
Synonym:
Sharecropping
Conclusion
The North and Midwest industrialized, but the South would remain a backward, agriculture-based economy and the poorest section of the nation for many decades.