1 / 17

Reconstruction of the South

Reconstruction of the South. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Y0EgnLznA. Reconstruction Notes. 13 th Amendment 14 th Amendment Black Codes 15 th Amendment Land Travel Family Freedmen Schools Churches Conventions and Elections. President Andrew Johnson.

ailis
Download Presentation

Reconstruction of the South

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Reconstruction of the South

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Y0EgnLznA

  3. Reconstruction Notes • 13th Amendment • 14th Amendment • Black Codes • 15th Amendment • Land • Travel • Family • Freedmen Schools • Churches • Conventions and Elections

  4. President Andrew Johnson • Video: Slavery and the Making of America (27:51- 33:27) • Questions: Add to Notes • 1.) What were ex-slaves doing while travelling after the Civil War? • 2.) What were “Lost Friends” columns? • 3.) What was the key to inclusion in the “New” America? • 4.) Who did Andrew Johnson pardon? • 5.) Who took over Reconstruction?

  5. Sharecropping: At least we aren’t slaves!

  6. Reconstruction: Unfinished • 1873 (DEPRESSION) Sharecropping became the norm for poor blacks and white • VIOLENCE: KluKlux Klan, White League, Red Shirts • 1890- 1908 Southern state change their Constitutions to disenfranchise Blacks.

  7. Jim Crow: 1877- 1965 • Separate but not equal • Blacks were racially discriminated against: Poll taxes Literacy Tests Violence- lynching Poor public accommodations Lack of job opportunities

  8. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) • Born in slavery (mother was a slave/ father white master?) • Taught how to read and write from a white caretaker • Escaped to New York • Traveled Britain and Ireland for two years • Published many abolitionist newspapers • Bestselling author • Supported women’s rights (Seneca Falls Convention)

More Related