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Transcript
The Second Civil War
RECONSTRUCTION
WHAT IS RECONSTRUCTION?

The process the federal
government used to re
admit the Confederate
states back into the
Union.

What else must be
changed or fixed in the
US?
LINCOLN’S PLAN



Pardoning Confederate
officials.
All Southern states to
quickly form new
governments and return
to Congress.
Freedmen’s Bureau
JOHNSON TAKES OFFICE




Southern Democrat
Slaveholder
Stubborn and unyielding
Most policies based on
Lincoln’s goals, but
personal prejudice often
got in the way.
REBUILDING BRINGS CONFLICT


“White man’s
government”
Black Codes



Must have proof of
employment
Could not testify against
whites in court
Trouble in congress

Refused to seat
representatives from the
South
RADICAL REPUBLICANS



Led by Thaddeus
Stevens
Wanted Congress NOT
the president to control
Reconstruction
Much stricter
regulations for
readmitting Southern
states
James Wilson
Otis Schweestache
Thaddeus Stevens
RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION



Civil Rights Act of 1866
14th Amendment
Reconstruction Acts of
1867



South divided in 5
military districts
New state constitutions
approved by Congress
Ratify the 14th
amendment
NEW SOUTHERN GOVERNMENTS

Scalawags

Carpetbaggers

Freedmen
JOHNSON IS IMPEACHED

After vetoing one too
many bills Johnson is
impeached.

Remains in office by
one vote
RESPONDING TO FREEDOM

Travel in search of
family

Get an education

Find work
40 ACRES AND A MULE

Freedmen’s dream was
to own land.

US government makes
an empty promise

Land legally belonged to
whites
SLAVERY TO SHARECROPPING

Contract system

Sharecropping



Rent land, seed, tools
Pay landlord with % of
crop
Cycle of debt and
poverty
THE KU KLUX KLAN

Hateful, white terrorist
group that used fear
and violence to
intimidate.
THE ELECTION OF GRANT

1868

15th amendment

Grant fights the Klan
SCANDAL AND PANIC

Reputation tarnished

Panic of 1873

People lose interest in
Reconstruction
RECONSTRUCTION ENDS

Compromise of 1877




Hayes becomes
president
No federal troops in
South
Federal $ for
infrastructure in South
Southern Democrats
MUST respect African
American rights