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The period after the Civil War is known as _______________.
It lasted from 1865-1877
Two huge questions faced the nation during this time period:
How should ____________________ states be admitted back
into the Union?
What should be done with the now freed ________________?
Freedman
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Near the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the ___________
Amendment. This change of the constitution _________________
slavery in the United States.
A ________________________ or freeman is a person who has
been freed from slavery. All former slaves were now freedman.
What did the 13th
Amendment do?
Define Freedman:
Freedman Problems
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Many didn’t have jobs, homes or ______________________.
Some looked for long-lost relatives.
Most remained on the ________________________ they worked
on as a slave for wages or a portion of the crop.
Presidential Reconstruction
Andrew ______________________________, as the President after
Lincoln, set up four requirements for southern states to return to the
union.
1. States had to accept the ______ amendment that ended slavery
2. States had to declare that their ____________ had been illegal
3. States had to cancel all war _________________
4. To receive the right to ______________________, all adult
white males had to take a loyalty oath to the United States.
Presidential Reconstruction
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Andrew Johnson wanted to be ___________________ (take it
easy) on the south. He didn’t want to punish them for secession or
the Civil War.
He wanted to support poor southern ___________________
and by doing so help heal the nation.
Most southern states including _______________________,
did not accept the 13th Amendment but instead outlawed slavery in
their state constitutions.
This example of “States Rights” made many in the _________
angry but President Johnson accepted the former Confederate
states back into the Union anyway.
Did former Confederates
have to go to jail or receive
any punishment for the Civil
War under Presidential
Reconstruction?
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Once Southern states were let back into the Union they
reformed their state governments and the former
____________________________________ retook power.
They immediately passed laws to limit the rights of the
______________________________.
“Black Codes”
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Southern states passed laws called “__________________ Codes”
that made African Americans second class citizens.
Freedman were forced to __________ or they could be sent to jail
and needed permission to leave the plantation where they worked
The object of the Black codes was to get Freedman back working
on the ________________________ plantations and other work
they did when they were slaves
What were the Black Code
laws passed for?
Freedmen’s Bureau
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The Freedmen’s Bureau was created by ____________________
to help freeman by supplying food, shelter, medicine, and in many
cases, jobs.
Freedmen’s Bureau workers had the power to settle disputes and
issues between Freedman and Whites.
Because of this the freedmen’s bureau faced many ____________
from southerners who would attempt to intimidate and in some
cases kill freedmen’s bureau workers.
Was Presidential Reconstruction successful?
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By passing the “Black Codes” southern states had basically forced
Freedman back into ___________________________.
By not punishing Confederate leaders they could run for office in
their state governments and in the U.S. Congress. These people
would never agree to give Freedman _____________________.
THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS
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Northerners are ____________________________!!!!!
Why did the Union fight the Civil War if the South refused to
actually free their former slaves?
The “_________________________________” Republicans in
Congress used their version of Reconstruction as a way to punish
the Southerners and gain fair treatment for freedman.
What political party was
trying to help the slaves in the
South?
Congressional Reconstruction
The Reconstruction plan by the Radical Republican Congress is
known as _____________________________ Reconstruction.
1) Congress ________________ the new Southern Governments
and refused to admit the southern Congressmen into Congress.
2) They passed the ________________ Amendment which made
all Freedman ______________________ of the United States.
This did away with the Black Codes and gave Freedman the
same civil rights as whites under the Constitution.
What did the 14th
Amendment do?
3) Republicans passed the Reconstruction ____________ of 1867.
This act put the southern states under ________________ Control.
10 southern states were now 5 military districts controlled by the
Federal Government and the U.S. _______________________.
4) Radical Republicans ____________________ Andrew Johnson. What does it mean when the
Republicans tried to
Impeachment is a process where an elected official like the
president can be ______________________ from office. Johnson “Impeach” the President?
survived his trial in the Senate by only one vote.
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district and fell under command of General Philip H. Sheridan.
Was Johnson successfully
impeached?
5) The _______________Amendment was passed. This gave the
right to all men, regardless of race or color the right to vote. The
U.S. Army immediately started registering Freedman to ________.
• The Freedman voted in large numbers for the Republican party
What did the 15th
since that was the political party that helped them.
Amendment do?
6) The “Iron Clad Oath.” Former _____________________ were
barred from _________________. The political party of the south,
the Southern Democrats lost all their power to the Republicans
Republicans supporters in the South
• The South called Northerners who came to the south after the
war “______________________” because they believed these
people were trying to ruin the south for their personal gain.
Carpetbaggers were also ____________________________.
• _______________________ were southerners who supported
the North during the Civil War and Republicans after it.
• _____________________ also voted Republican.
Why did Freedman vote for
the Republicans?
What political party did the
Iron Clad Oath hurt the most?
How will the South React to Congressional
Reconstruction?
The Ku Klux Klan
• Many plantation owners and former Confederate soldiers did
not want African Americans to have __________________.
• A secret group called the Ku Klux Klan was formed.
• The goal of this group was to:
– restore _____________________ control of the South
– keep former slaves from _________________ and so
they will be powerless
What Political Party could
now retake power in the
Soon the Supreme Court ruled that the Ironclad Oath was
South now that the Iron Clad
________________________. The government has no authority to
Oath was ruled
_____________________________ (take away the right to vote)
unconstitutional?
people who had never been convicted of a crime in a court of law.
All southerners could now vote.
Southerners calling themselves “The _____________________”
soon voted out the Republicans from their state governments. By
the mid 1870’s Southern _______________________ took power
again and the South became known as the “solid south” because of
it’s support for the Democrats.
The Redeemers “I won’t be Reconstructed!”
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Jim Crow Laws
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Under the motto “Separate But Equal” southern states passed
racist “Jim Crow” laws that _____________________ (separated)
the races.
This segregation would last for over ______________ years.
Almost every part of life was separate for Whites and “Colored
people” from __________________________ to restrooms.
Was Congressional Reconstruction Successful?
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African Americans gained the right to __________ and
_______________________________, but after Reconstruction
ended Southern States found new ways to limit their rights like
Jim Crow Laws and _______________ Taxes (Fees to vote which
poor blacks could not pay)
Southern reaction to Reconstruction was very strong and bad
feelings lasted for decades and still linger till this day…
Who were Jim Crow laws
passed for?