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CHAPTER 6
RECONSTRUCTION AND TRANSITION
AFTER THE WAR
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*THE CIVIL WAR ENDED IN 1865.
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*MISSISSIPPI WAS IN EXTREME POVERTY.
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MANY FORMER SLAVES COULD NOT FIND
WORK…
THERE WAS MUCH TENSION BETWEEN
BLACKS AND WHITES!
RECONSTRUCTION
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*Reconstruction - THIS WAS AN EFFORT TO
REDRAW THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE
WAR.
THE ELECTION OF 1865
*MOST PEOPLE DID NOT THINK BLACKS
AND WHITES SHOULD HAVE EQUAL
RIGHTS.
 *A MAJOR ISSUE WAS WHAT RIGHTS BLACK
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE.
 *WHEN THE LEGISLATION MET THEY PUT
HARSH RESTRICTIONS ON BLACK PEOPLE.
 DO “IT’S YOUR TURN” ON PAGE 138
ANSWERS ONLY
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BLACK CODES
*Legislators passed 4 acts that became known as
the Black Codes. (The codes placed harsh
economic and social restrictions on blacks).
 READ PAGES 137-138.
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14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION
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The Fourteenth Amendment was submitted to
the states for ratification in the summer of
*1866.*
*The 14th Amendment made blacks full citizens of the
US and of the states in which they lived. The
amendment forbade states from depriving any person
– black or white – of life, liberty, or property without
due process.
 The law also gave the power to pardon former
Confederate officials to Congress and voided the
Confederate war debt.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
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*THE RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1867
DIVIDED THE SOUTH INTO 5 MILITARY
DISTRICTS.
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*THIS ACT GAVE EVERY ADULT MALE,
REGARDLESS OF RACE, THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
THE CONSTITUTION OF 1868
MET IN *JACKSON*
 OF THE 100 DELEGATES THAT MET, 17 OF
THEM WERE BLACK.
 *ALLOWED FREE SCHOOL FOR ALL
CHILDREN BETWEEN 6-18
 *FOBADE DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
 THIS CONSTITUTION WAS EVENTUALLY
VOTED DOWN BECAUSE THE KLU KLUX
KLAN USED VIOLENCE TO INTIMIDATE
PEOPLE FROM VOTING FOR IT.
 THIS CONSTITUTION WAS FINALLY
APPROVED IN 1869.
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BLACK POLITICAL POWER
*BENJAMIN T. MONTGOMERY WAS THE
FIRST BLACK POLITICAL FIGURE IN MS.
(JUSTICE OF THE PEACE)
 *ROBERT H. WOOD WAS THE FIRST BLACK
MAYOR OF NATCHEZ AND THE FIRST
BLACK MAYOR EVER ELECTED IN
AMERICA.
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EDUCATION
IN 1870 THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN EACH COUNTY.
 THERE WAS A STATE SUPERINTENDENT
AND ONE FOR EACH COUNTY. (IT IS STILL
THIS WAY TODAY)
 IN 1871, THE STATE ESTABLISHED ALCORN
STATE FOR BLACKS.
 ALSO IN 1871, MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY WAS CREATED.
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