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The age of Reconstruction

The age of Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson. Favored Lincoln’s 10% Plan Allowed Southern states to rejoin Union Impeached for fighting with Radical Republicans. Radical Republicans. Demand civil rights for freedmen Want to punish the South Occupy the South with Union soldiers.

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The age of Reconstruction

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  1. The age of Reconstruction

  2. Andrew Johnson Favored Lincoln’s 10% Plan Allowed Southern states to rejoin Union Impeached for fighting with Radical Republicans

  3. Radical Republicans Demand civil rights for freedmen Want to punish the South Occupy the South with Union soldiers

  4. Life During Reconstruction

  5. Carpetbaggers & Scalawags • Northerners who move south to make $$$ • Scalawag – Southerner who supports the Union

  6. The Freedmen’s Bureau • helps former slaves with schools, getting jobs & housing

  7. Elections • African-Americans voted into office (Hiram Revels – 1st African American senator)

  8. The Ku Klux Klan • Former Confederate soldiers who terrorize blacks

  9. Sharecropping • Many former slaves work plantations • Similar to slavery

  10. Black Codes • Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of blacks

  11. Former Generals • Robert E. Lee urges Southerners to reconcile • Served as president of Washington College

  12. Former Generals • Ulysses S. Grant elected president • Advocates for rights of freed slaves • 15th Amendment passes guaranteeing voting rights

  13. The End of Reconstruction

  14. Election of 1876 • RepublicanRutherford B. Hayes • Vs. DemocratSamuel Tilden

  15. results Popular Vote Hayes Tilden 4,036,572 4,284,020 Tilden Vs. Hayes

  16. results • Tilden won 184 electoral votes • Hayes won 165 electoral votes • 20 electoral votes in dispute (Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina) • Each party reported its candidate had won those states

  17. A Corrupt Bargain • Since Reconstruction, Union troops occupy South • Control election boards • Fix the election so that Hayes wins

  18. Compromise of 1877 • Democrats agree not to dispute results • All troops pulled out of the South • The Age of Reconstruction is over

  19. The Jim Crow Era • KKK takes power in Southern states • Segregation of races • States find ways to deny rights to blacks

  20. The Jim Crow Era

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