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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
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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 Repub-licans 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.
10. To what THREE groups did the Republican state constitutional convention delegates belong? • 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? • Those groups often worked with the Democrats. • Those groups often became rich and influential. • Those groups usually were secret members of the Ku Klux Klan. • 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? • He violated the Reconstruction Acts of 1867. • He was a strong supporter of the Fourteenth Amendment. • He fought against the Radical Republic-ans for control of Reconstruction. • He wanted to give all freedmen forty acres and a mule.
