Ch 4 Bellringer:Imagine you fill out an application to lease an apartment from a landlord. Upon learning that you are from Sayre, the landlord refuses to lease the apartment to you, because she/he doesn’t like people from Sayre.
Is this ok? what would you do?
Did you know…
The Landlord has committed a civil rights violation by discriminating against you based on where you are from (origin)
Under housing and anti-discrimination laws, landlords may not reject apartment applicants because of their race, origin, gender, age, religion.
So What?
• The 14th & 15th Amendments were passed during Reconstruction (1865-77) to protect rights of all people
Ch 4- Big Idea:
The US started an effort called Reconstruction to:
a. bring the south back into the U.S. b. to rebuild itc. to give rights/protections to African Americans
What’s this?
Evidence of destruction from Civil War and of the reconstruction that would be needed (previous photo & one here on the left are “Sherman’s Neckties”…North. Troops would destroy South. Rail lines
Reconstruction• Definition: to rebuild the South’s govt., economy, & to make
America a fairer place- Was needed to help freed slaves and to reunite the states.
• What other things are ‘reconstructed’ or what’s is Reconstruction like?
Refugees
• People pushed/forced away from home (often do to war, even natural disaster- like 4 million former slaves during/after Civil War
• examples? ..or it’s similar to…??
Freedmen’s Bureau
• Was started to help freed slaves with food, housing, health care, jobs, education, justice
• What’s it like?
2. When did it happen? After the Civil War3. Why was it needed? To meet the needs of freed slaves
carnage
• Means…destruction, massive loss of life (ex. War), bloodshed
• Do we really want to talk/list examples?
• Definitely no pictures!
malice
• Kind of means ‘hate’ or hatred• Examples- what a slave might feel toward an
owner, or…• How to remember?
Mason-Dixon Line
• Definition- is seen as a dividing ‘line’ between north (freedom) & south (slavery)
seceded• Means to ‘break away’ or leave (ex. When south.
State seceded from the Union (rest of US)• Examples-• How can I remember? Draw/sketch something…
electorate
• Definition- people with the right to vote • Ex. The voters• How do I remember? They…
Plans of Presidents Lincoln & Johnson?
• Let’s go ‘easy’ on the southerners
The Radical Republicans Plan?
• Let’s obliterate the Southerners!
If you liked the last image you might consider taking the following course:
Recap/summary…Reconstructing the South is kind of like what…?
• List as many analogies/examples that you can…
• What would your plan be? Would you be strict or lenient- explain your plan and why
Why does Reconstruction ‘run out of gas’?
• Radical Republicans lose grip on the south(made of 3 groups- they were divided with different goals)
• Ku Klux Klan (KKK) killed approx. 20,000m destroy reconstruction governments, scared blacks from using their political rights
• Economic downturn took people’s attention from reconstruction
• South. Democrats give Presidency to Northerners since new President Rutherford Hayes agrees to take troops out of the south
The Effects of Reconstruction?
• Southern whites regain power through terror (rise of KKK)
• Blacks started churches, schoolsjob opportunity• Blacks forced to sharecrop- could only keep some
of the crops they grew on land owned by whites• Summarize:
Notes (Sept. 2nd)
Vocab terms
• Segregation- separating people (unfairly) by race
• It’s kind of like…
• Jim Crow- segregation laws , rules & customs enacted after reconstruction
• It’s kind of like…
Agenda
1. quiz2. notes
• Blue cards are the “South”• White cards are the “North & West”
3-2-13 Things I found out1.2.3.
2 Interesting Things1.2.
1 Question I have1.
Summary
1. Why was it hard for African Americans to achieve “better lives” after Reconstruction? 2. What region of the US seemed to offer the best hope & why? 3. Why do you think most African American ended up staying in the South
