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In 1865 the South lay in Ruin
1/5 of the South’s male
population had been killed
Southern Cities were in Shambles
Businesses and Factories
Destroyed
Much of the South’s
Transportation System was
Destroyed
Reconstruction
The United States Attempts to
Rebuild after the Civil War
The South in Ruin
• By May of _______ the last Confederate
forces had surrendered to the Union army.
• ___________of the Southern male
population dies during the war.
• Farms and plantations were in desperate
shape as a result of the
____________and from neglect.
• The South’s_______________system
was almost entirely destroyed.
Many Questions to Answer
• How will the former slave transition into free
society?
• How will the South react to free African
Americans in their society?
• What is the status of the Confederate states?
• How will southern states be brought back into
the Union?
• Should the Confederate states be forgiven or
punished?
Johnson takes over as President
• Andrew Johnson was
a slave owning
__________ Senator
from _________ who
sided with the Union.
• Chosen to be
Lincoln’s _______to
get democratic votes
in the 1864 election
Johnson is _________ on the
South
• Against the wishes of the _____________
Congress, Johnson _____________ almost
every planter and former Confederate leader
who applied. Many states just reelected prewar
leaders including_____Confederate generals,
two cabinet members and the vice president of
the Confederacy (all were rejected by
Congress). By the time Congress reconvenes in
1865, Johnson had ______________ all
Confederate states but Texas.
13th and 14th Amendments
• 13th: 1865- __________
(involuntary servitude) will
not be allowed in any
U.S. territory
• 14th: 1868- ___________
extended to African
Americans. No state
shall deny any citizen life,
liberty, or property without
__________________
15th Amendment
• 1869- No one shall be
denied the right to
_________________
________________
• Of course
________________
found many ways to
get around this
amendment
Republican Reconstruction Plan
• ____________ commanders placed
in charge of Confederate states
• States had to write new
______________, which had to be
approved by Congress
. Republican Reconstruction Plan
• All states trying to get back into
the Union had to ratify ________
__________________________
• States had to
guarantee__________to vote to
all adult ___________.
Johnson’s Impeachment (1868)
• Republicans ___________
Andrew Johnson
• His conviction ________ by
______ vote
Republican Governments in the
South
• Carpetbaggers:
• Scalawags:
Democrats Regain Control
• Democrats incited white Southerners
against _________________________
• They also accused Republican
governments of
______________________________
Democrats Regain Control
• Southerners_________elections to
help Democrats win, and set up
“______________” to keep African
Americans in a slave-like condition.
Democrats Regain Control
• In the election of 1876, ___________
__________________is given the
presidency as part of a deal.
• __________________ ends, and troops
are removed from the South
Life After Slavery
• The newly freed slaves or
“_______________” now had freedom,
but no food, shelter, job or other
necessities of life.
• What do you think about the “Freedmen”?
The “New” South
• Investing helps the South develop some
____________________ and industry
• The South remains _________________
• _____________ farmers: have to pay rent
on the land they farm
The “New” South
• Sharecroppers:
• African Americans lose most __________
that they had gained
Changes for African Americans
• Among ________________, African
Americans flocked to
_______________________________.
Despite poverty for many freedmen, some
opened businesses and farmed their own
land.
Southern Resistance to
Reconstruction
• Many in the South did not want to see the
______________ of blacks. Since
individual laws were up to the states,
states were able to pass laws that helped
to _________________ against freedman.
Black Codes
• Laws passed to ______________ the
unequal relationship between whites and
blacks in the South.
• Designed to keep freedmen in a
________________ condition, and give
planters a supply of cheap labor.
The Ku Klux Klan
• Group of White citizens that
_______________ African Americans and
Whites loyal to the U.S. Government or
___________________ to Freedmen.
• Often local officials would not __________
their violent crimes.
Reconstruction’s Legacy
• If the _____________ War was fought over
State’s Rights, Reconstruction showed that idea
had failed.
• Southern states resented _____________
control for 10 years after the war, and continued
for much of the next century.
• Intensified___________________of White
southerners towards the government.
• _____________ and ____________ Americans
were disappointed in being left out of rights
passed on to freedmen.
Let’s Revisit:
• How is the former slave transitioning into free
society?
• How did the South react to free African
Americans in their society?
• What is the status of the Confederate states post
Reconstruction?
• Were the Confederate states be forgiven or
punished?