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Reconstruction 1865-1877

Reconstruction 1865-1877. Reconstruction Goals Re-establishment of the southern state governments . Translate abolition of slavery into social, political and economic equality for former slaves. Essential Questions.

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Reconstruction 1865-1877

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  1. Reconstruction 1865-1877 Reconstruction Goals Re-establishment of the southern state governments. Translate abolition of slavery into social, political and economic equality for former slaves.

  2. Essential Questions • To what extent did the Reconstruction Amendments change life for former slaves? • To what extent did the Supreme Court expedite or hinder change for former slaves? • Who would or would not benefit from the change in the power structure that was advocated by the Radical Republicans? • To what extent did Reconstruction succeed in accomplishing the stated goals?

  3. Lincoln 10 Percent Plan

  4. Wade-Davis Bill50% of voters take oath

  5. Civil War/Reconstruction Amendments 13th - Prohibition of slavery 14th – Defines citizenship, Due process, Equal Protection of Laws, Confederate leaders barred from holding public office 15th – Universal male suffrage (Women’s rights activists upset over lack of suffrage in either 14th or 15 Amendment)

  6. Freedmen’s Bureau

  7. Carpetbaggers

  8. Presidential Reconstruction

  9. Black Codes

  10. Sharecropping

  11. Radical/Military Reconstruction

  12. Johnson Impeachment(Office of Tenure Act)

  13. Grant’s Election and the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)

  14. Waving the “Bloody Shirt”

  15. Credit-Mobilier Scandal

  16. “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall

  17. Greenback Party

  18. Ku Klux Klan

  19. Enforcement Acts

  20. Civil Rights Act of 1875

  21. Hayes-Tilden Election of 1876

  22. Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction

  23. Reconstruction Evaluated? Pros – Civil War Amendments, Freedmen’s Bureau, Civil Rights Act of 1875 Cons – Sharecropping, Jim Crow, Black Codes, KKK, Government Scandals

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