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The Crisis of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The Crisis of Reconstruction, 1865-1877. Chapter 16. Guiding Questions. 1.) How did the Radical Republicans gain control over reconstructing the South and what was the impact of their programs on ex Confederates, other white southerners, and southern blacks?

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The Crisis of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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  1. The Crisis of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 Chapter 16

  2. Guiding Questions 1.) How did the Radical Republicans gain control over reconstructing the South and what was the impact of their programs on ex Confederates, other white southerners, and southern blacks? 2.) How did freed blacks remake their lives after emancipation? 3.) What brought about the end of reconstruction? Should it be considered a success or failure? Why?

  3. Ending the War and Reconstruction • The 13th Amendment • The Freedmen’s Bureau • Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan • The Wade-Davis Bill • Lincoln’s Response

  4. Reconstruction • Andrew Johnson’s Plan • May 1865 • declare secession illegal, reject Confederate debts, and ratify the 13th Amendment. • Property Owners

  5. Reconstruction • Johnson backtracks • Alexander Stephens • Black codes • The Radical Republicans • The Civil Rights Act of 1866

  6. Reconstruction • The 14th Amendment • Defining Citizenship • Johnson’s Response to the 14th Amendment • The Congressional Override Thaddeus Stevens

  7. Reconstruction • Congressional Reconstruction • The Military Reconstruction Act • New Rules for readmission • Land Redistribution

  8. Reconstruction • March 1867 • The Tenure of Office Act • Secretary of War Edwin Stanton • General Ulysses S. Grant • Impeachment

  9. Reconstruction • The 15th Amendment • race, color, or previous condition of servitude. • Loopholes • Women’s Rights • Returning to the Union

  10. Reconstruction • The impact of Reconstruction laws • The new electorate • Carpetbaggers • Scalawags • New southern state governments

  11. Reconstruction • Counterattacks • Vigilante Groups • The rise of the Ku Klux Klan • Restoring the Democrats • Enforcement Acts

  12. Reconstruction • Life after slavery • Finding Family • Black Schools • Sharecropping • Crop liens

  13. Reconstruction • Grantism • Ulysses S. Grant • Horatio Seymour • Grant’s Political Experience • Scandals

  14. Reconstruction • Grant’s Second Term • The Liberal Republican Party • Horace Greeley • Grant’s Second Term • The Panic of 1873

  15. Reconstruction • The Supreme Court on the 14th and 15th Amendments • Abandoning Reconstruction • The Northern Perspective • The Revival of the Democratic Party in the South

  16. Reconstruction • The Election of 1876 • Rutherford B. Hayes • Samuel Tilden • The Compromise of 1877 • The End of Reconstruction

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