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EVALUATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH
THE CIVIL WAR AND
RECONSTRUCTION PROVED TO BE A
TEST OF THE SUPREMACY OF THE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
Week 3 Day 4 [second]
MACRO CONCEPTS
 Conflict-Issues/problems
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Concept that in any conflict
between the federal/national
government and state
government that
federal/national government
shall prevail.
that can lead to fighting
without compromise.
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Reform-The method of
fixing, improving and
correcting [change for the
better]
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MICRO
NationalCONCEPTS
Supremacy-
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Nationalism-Extreme love
for your nation and
exaggerated patriotism
Power-Authority to
control usually by law.
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Reconstruction-The act
of rebuilding/reuniting
the Union after the U.S.
Civil War.
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Because there was a lot of disagreement in the U.S. Congress and
still desire
for Southern
rebellion Lincoln installed military rule.
MILITARY
RECONSTRUCTION
The South was separated into 5 military districts with Military
governors who controlled the regions.
Resentment, shame and hard feelings arose in the heart of many
Southerners who believed they were being repressed.
13TH AMENDMENT
One week before President Lincoln was assassinated
the 13th Amendment passed the U.S. House of
Representatives.
 One year later the 13th Amendment was added to the
U.S. Constitution.
 The 13th Amendment banned, prohibited and forbade
slavery within the United States and its territories.
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14TH AMENDMENT
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In 1868 the 14th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution
in order to provide equal protection to all citizens under the
law.
The intent of this law was to ban discrimination against
people who at one time were slaves and to destroy racist state
laws such as the Grandfather Clause.
It took nearly 100 years for the full effect of 14th Amendment to
take place because of court challenges.
InTH
1870
the 15th Amendment
15
AMENDMENT
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prohibited voting
discrimination.
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The specific language states
that voting rights cannot be
restricted based on race,
color, or previous condition
of servitude.
Voting rights can only be
restricted based on age and
criminal convictions.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866
This federal law banned discrimination against all
people with the exception of some same NativeAmerican tribes.
 The purpose of the law was to combat racism and
discrimination.
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ELECTION OF 1866
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Elections throughout the United
States centered around whether to
support or reject
Reconstruction.
Radical Republicans wanted to
continue military occupation in
South. Southern Democrats
wanted Jim Crow laws.
President wanted a lenient
Reconstruction.
The Republican party [not the
radicals] won most of the elections
and but military occupation lasted
only a few years longer.
Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877
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U.S. citizens were mostly fed up with the
ineptitude of President Grant and the
depressed economy.
The alleged corruption and suspected
scandals committed by Grant’s
administration had soured American
voters.
New York Governor Samuel E. Tilden the
democratic candidate opposed former
General and Southerner Rutherford B.
Hayes.
Tilden actually won the popular vote but
due to Southern violence and pressure
from railroad companies a deal was struck
to give the presidency to Hayes in
exchange for White House patronage
[jobs]. Hayes lasted one term
Choice Board
[1] Draft a letter as Lincoln’s
secretary convincing the
U.S. that military
Reconstruction is
necessary
[2] Create a poster
supporting passage or
rejection of the 13th
Amendment
[3] Create a poster
demanding to bring the
Grandfather Clause back
to undermine the 15th
Amendment
[4] Create a 6-panel cartoon
strip describing the
Compromise of 1877
[5] Create a list of 10 racist
incidents that occurred
and led to the Civil
Rights Act of 1866 being
passed
[6] Write a personal letter to
Congress thanking them
or complementing them for
the 14th Amendment
IMAGE SOURCES
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http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/walter.sargent/public.www/web%201
04/map-reconstruction.jpg
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Images/15th.jpg