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Note Sheet
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As you view and listen to the power point you need to take notes. You
can use the format that is associated with this power point located on my
wiki space. It can be printed out, or drawn on note book paper. I also
have copies in the class room.
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Your notes are for you to help remember the important facts of the
Reconstruction period. Also your opinion of the most important element
that came out of the Reconstruction time period.
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You will have a Bell Ringer to check for understanding.
Words & Terms to know!
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Reconstruction
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Discrimination
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Reconcile/reconciliation
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Segregation
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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Legacy
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Carpetbaggers
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Civil liberties
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Black Codes
Conflicting Goals During
Reconstruction
Lincoln
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After helping to push through
the 13th Amendment, abolishing
slavery, the President sought to
quickly restore the rebel states to
the Union. He considered
Reconstruction a "restoration"
and wanted to quickly readmit
the former Confederate states
after they had repudiated their
ordinances of secession, accepted
the 13th Amendment, repudiated
the Confederate debt, and
pledged loyalty to the Union.
Johnson
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Johnson's vision of
Reconstruction clashed with that
of many Republicans. He vetoed
a string of Republican-backed
measures, including an extension
of the Freedman's Bureau and
the first Civil Rights bill. He
ordered black families evicted
from land on which they had
been settled by the U.S. Army.
He acquiesced in the Black Codes
which southern state
governments enacted to reduce
former slaves to the status of
dependent plantation laborers.
Conflicting Goals During
Reconstruction
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was a
strong voice for human
rights and civil liberties for
all. He pushed for
constitutional amendments
to guarantee voting rights
for all. He was an advocate
of the northern Radical
Republican’s policy.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert E. Lee urged the
South to reconcile and
reunite peacefully as
Americans.
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He later became president
of Washington and Lee
college.
Lincoln’s assignation changed things!
CONFLICT
RADICAL REPUBLICANS; MOST OF
WHICH WERE NORTHERNS
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Radical Republicans was the name
given to a faction in the U.S. Congress
which advocated emancipation of slaves
before and during the Civil War, and
insisted on harsh penalties for the South
following the war, during the period of
Reconstruction.
It needs to be noted that most Republican
were moderates who wanted the South to
have loyal state government. They believed
that African Americans should have rights
as citizens and hoped the Southern states
would follow federal laws.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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New Southern state legislatures
approved by President Johnson had
begun passing laws to deny African
Americans’ civil rights. AKA Black
CODES.
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“We simply ask…that the same laws
which govern white men shall govern
black men…that, in short, we be dealt
with as others are-in equality and
justice.”
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-Petition from an African American convention held a South
Carolina, quoted in There is a River: The Black Struggle for
Freedom in America by Vincent Harding
Leaders left an important
legacy.
Reconstruction was the 12 year period after the Civil War,
from 1865 to 1877
What would where some of the “issues” the President and
congress would encounter?
A. The former Confederate States had to be brought into
the Union.
B. ?
C. ?
Timeline of Reconstruction Policies
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December 1863: The 10 Percent Plan President Lincoln announces a plan
for reconstructing those Confederate states already under Union control
He offers to pardon Confederates who take an oath to support the Union.
When ten percent of a state's citizens eligible to vote in 1860 swear an oath
of allegiance and a state has abolished slavery, he promises to readmit the
state to the Union. By the end of the war, Lincoln publicly calls for limited
black suffrage in the South.
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March 1865: Freedman's Bureau: To coordinate efforts to protect the rights of
former slaves and provide them with education and medical care, Congress
creates the Freedmen's Bureau. One of the bureau's most important functions
is to oversee labor contracts between ex-slaves and employers.
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April 4, 1865: Lincoln's Assassination Lincoln's assassination makes Vice
President Andrew Johnson president.
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May 1865: Johnson Announces His Plan for Reconstruction Johnson grants
immediate amnesty to former Confederates who own less than $20,000 worth
of property. Other ex-Confederates may petition him for presidential pardons,
which he freely grants. His plan to readmit the former Confederate states
requires them to convene conventions to disavow their acts of secession,
abolish slavery, and repudiate their war debts.
Timeline continues
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November 1865: Black Codes Beginning with Mississippi, the ex-Confederate states
adopt "Black Codes," legal codes that deny African Americans the right to purchase or
even rent land. The more stringent codes also deny African Americans the right to bear
arms, meet together after sunset, or marry whites.
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April 1866: Congress Passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights
Act of 1866, adopted over President Johnson's veto, enumerates the rights of
citizens of the United States, including the right to make contracts, sue, give
evidence in court, and purchase and sell property.
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Summer 1866: Whites Riot in Memphis and New Orleans
Rioting in
Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in which many African
Americans are killed, convinces many Northerners that stronger measures are
needed to protect the freedmen.
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March 1867: Congress Divides the South into Military Districts Subject to
Martial Law Over President Johnson's veto, Congress adopts a new program
for reconstruction. The First Reconstruction Act divides the former
Confederate states into five military districts subject to martial law. It requires
the ex-Confederate states to ratify the 14th Amendment, adopt new state
constitutions disqualifying former Confederate officials from holding public
office, and guarantee black men the right to vote.
Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction And How It Works Digital
History ID 2828
Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon
Reconstruction
Amendments
December 1865:
13th Amendment - abolishes slavery.
June 1866
14th Amendment
–grants citizenship to all persons born in the United
States
-guarantees equal protection of the laws to all citizens.
February 1869:
15th Amendment-gave African American men
the right to vote
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13
Amendment
The 13th
Amendment
bane slavery in
the United
States and in
any of its
territories.
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14
Amendment
The 14th Amendment gives
citizenship to everyone born in
the United States, and guaratees
them equal protection under the
law.
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15
15th Amendment
to the
constitution.
Amendment
The 15th
Amendment
gave African
American men
the right to
vote, North
and South.