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Reconstruction
In 10 words or less, define Reconstruction.
Rebuilding American after the Civil War (from 1865-1877)
Who believed preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South?
Lincoln
Who believed freedmen should be granted a constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal voting
rights?
Frederick Douglass
Who urged Southerners to stop fighting and reconcile with the North?
Robert E. Lee
Presidential Reconstruction:
What phrase best describes Presidential Reconstruction? Why?
“Forgive and Forget” – Lincoln and Johnson wanted to forgive the south. They believed preserving
the union was more important than punishing the south.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Bans slavery in the US and its territories
What were black codes?
Laws based on slave codes meant to limit the citizenship of freedmen. Meant to keep freedmen in
slave-like conditions.
Draw an emoticon that shows how each group of people would have felt during this stage and explain
why.
Freedmen
Radical Republicans
Southerners
Emoticon:
Emoticon:
Emoticon:
Happy/Sad
Angry
Angry
Explanation: Happy about the
end of slavery and new rights.
Sad about black codes
Explanation:
They wanted the South to be
punished.
Explanation: They did not like
the Freedmen’s Bureau, and
the 13th Amendment.
Congressional Reconstruction:
What phrase best describes Congressional Reconstruction? Why?
“Punish! Punish! Punish!” – The Radical Republicans took over and sent an army to the South to
punish the South.
What did the 14th and 15th Amendments do?
14th- Grants citizenship and guarantees equal protection under the law.
15th- Grants the right to vote to all people (but not women yet)
What two things did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 say?
African Americans have equal rights and the army can enforce them.
In 7 words or less describe sharecropping.
Freedmen rented land (parts of plantations) for large share of crops.
What act broke the south into military districts?
The Military Reconstruction Act
Draw an emoticon that shows how each group of people would have felt during this stage and explain
why.
Freedmen
Radical Republicans
Southerners
Emoticon:
Emoticon:
Emoticon:
Happy and Sad
Happy
ANGRY
Explanation: Happy about the
new rights, but sad about
sharecropping.
Explanation: Happy the south
is being punished.
Explanation: Angry about the
army and the new
amendments.
End of Reconstruction:
What do we mean when we say: “what was gained is lost and what was lost is regained”?
The rights freedmen gained during Reconstruction were lost through Jim Crow Laws. And the power
the South had lost during Reconstruction was re-gained when the military left.
How did Reconstruction end? (What was the Compromise of 1877?)
Rutherford B. Hayes was given the Presidency in exchange for taking the military out of the South.
What did Jim Crow Laws do?
Made segregation practices official law in many Southern states and Communities.
What was the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests?
To prevent freedmen from being able to vote.
What was the most famous secret society? What kinds of things would they do?
The Ku Klux Klan. They would threaten and terrorize African Americans in the South using violence.
Draw an emoticon that shows how each group of people would have felt during this stage and explain
why.
Freedmen
Radical Republicans
Southerners
Emoticon:
Emoticon:
Emoticon:
SAD
Angry/Indifferent
Happy
Explanation: All of the rights
freedmen gained were stripped
away. Things got worse.
Explanation: Angry about the
KKK and Jim Crow, but losing
interest in Reconstruction.
Explanation: Believe the New
South is rising. Finally rid of
the military.
Southerners
(Use one
adjective to
describe how
you would feel
about each
policy/event
and WHY?)
Radical
Republicans
(Use one
adjective to
describe how
you would feel
about each
policy/event
and WHY?)
Freedmen
(Use one
adjective to
describe how
you would feel
about each
policy/event
and WHY?)
13th, 14th, 15th
Amendments
Military Reconstruction
Act
Jim Crow Laws
Angry: these
amendments gave
freedmen more rights
(ex 13th banned slavery)
Furious: the South did not
want to follow
Reconstruction and did not
like the north having the
power to force them to.
Great! Jim Crow laws left
the South and freedmen
the way they were before
the war. Freedmen
couldn’t even vote.
Proud: they wanted to
punish the South & give
African Americans
rights. These
amendments helped
freedmen
Excited: the military helped
punish the South and made
sure the South was
following Reconstruction
laws.
Tired: they had tried and
failed to fix the South.
Former slaves found
themselves only a little
better than when they
were slaves.
Excited: each
amendment gave
freedmen more rights.
(Use amendments to
back up your answer!)
Alright: they liked the
military because they made
sure Southerners were
treating the African
Americans fairly and were
abiding by all
Reconstruction principles.
Disheartened: Jim Crow
laws took away their
rights.