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Lesson 18.1c: Rebuilding the Union
Today we will evaluate the effects of
Reconstruction on government at both the
federal and state levels.
Vocabulary
• carpetbagger – Northerner who
supported Reconstruction as an
opportunity for personal gain
• scalawag – Southerner who supported
Radical Reconstruction
• impeach – to charge with a crime
Check for Understanding
• What are we going to do today?
• What did carpetbaggers and scalawags
have in common?
• Have any U.S. presidents had to face
impeachment?
What We Already Know
Reconstruction of the South, especially
the preparation of freedmen for their new
lives as citizens, was going to require a
lot of work.
What We Already Know
Most Southerners were opposed to
Radical Reconstruction.
What We Already Know
President Johnson
and the Radical
Republicans often
disagreed over
whether
Reconstruction was
to be carried out by
the president or by
Congress.
The New Southern Governments
In 1867, Southern
states began
drafting new state
constitutions.
About three-fourths
of the delegates to
the constitutional
conventions were
Republicans.
The New Southern Governments
Some were poor
whites called
scalawags, who
supported
Reconstruction as a
way to get revenge
against planters for
starting a ‘rich man’s
war.’
The New Southern Governments
• Others were called carpetbaggers, Northerners
who rushed to the South after the war.
• Some of these Northerners sincerely wanted to
contribute to Reconstruction, but others came to
take advantage of opportunities to enrich
themselves at the expense of former Confederates.
The New Southern Governments
• The rest of the delegates
were African Americans.
• Half of these had been
free blacks before the
war.
• Most of these delegates
were ministers, teachers,
or skilled workers.
The New Southern Governments
By 1870, the former
Confederate states
were back in the Union
and had
representatives in
Congress.
The New Southern Governments
During Reconstruction, more than 600
African Americans served in state
legislatures, and 14 Southern
congressmen were African Americans.
Johnson Is Impeached
President
Johnson opposed
many of the
reform efforts
during Radical
Reconstruction.
This opposition
made many
Radical Republicans hate
Johnson.
Johnson Is Impeached
Johnson fired
Secretary of War,
Edwin Stanton,
in violation of
the Tenure of
Office Act.
Johnson Is Impeached
• The House of Representatives
voted to impeach the president,
and the case moved to the
Senate for trial.
• After several weeks of testimony,
President Johnson was acquitted
by a single vote.
• Still, Johnson was left powerless,
and the Radical Republicans
were in complete control of
Reconstruction.
Get your whiteboards
and markers ready!
10. To what THREE groups did the
Republican state constitutional
convention delegates belong?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Poor white farmers called scalawags
Carpetbaggers from the North
Free blacks
Former Confederate government
officials
Choose all that are true!
11. Why did most Southerners hate
carpetbaggers and scalawags?
A. Those groups often worked with the
Democrats.
B. Those groups often became rich and
influential.
C. Those groups usually were secret
members of the Ku Klux Klan.
D. Those groups usually helped blacks get
civil rights and economic opportunities.
Choose all that are true!
12. What was the real reason for
Johnson’s impeachment by the
Radical Republicans?
A. He violated the Reconstruction Acts of
1867.
B. He was a strong supporter of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
C. He fought against the Radical Republicans for control of Reconstruction.
D. He wanted to give all freedmen forty
acres and a mule.