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Reconstruction

Explore the transformative period of Reconstruction in American history, from the traditional view of the Carpetbaggers and Scalawags to the radical actions of the Radical Republicans. Learn about the Black Codes, Congressional Reconstruction, the Amendments, and the challenges faced by African Americans. Discover the impact of the Ku Klux Klan, the Mississippi Plan, and the Compromise of 1877.

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Reconstruction

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  1. Reconstruction Traditional View of Reconstruction Carpetbaggers Scalawags Radical Republicans Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War Presidential Reconstruction (1863-1867) Black Codes Vagrancy, “apprenticeship” laws Memphis and New Orleans Riots Radical, or Congressional Reconstruction (1867-1877) Amendments: 13th (1865), 14th (1868), 15th (1870) Reconstruction Acts (1-4) “Bloody Shirt” Southern Republicans African Americans’ Participation in Politics Redemption (1870-1880) Liberal Republicans Ku Klux Klan Mississippi Plan Compromise of 1877 “If their whole country must be laid waste, and made a desert, in order to save this Union from destruction, so let it be. I would rather . . . Reduce them to a condition where their whole country is to be re-peopled by a band of freemen than to see them perpetuate the destruction of this people through our agency.” Thaddeus Stevens

  2. Memphis Riot, 1866

  3. The First Vote

  4. Members of 1868 Louisiana Legislature

  5. Harry Mosler, The Lost Cause, 1868

  6. White Man’s Government (Democratic Party)

  7. (The members call each other thieves, liars, rascals, and cowards.)Columbia.  "You are Aping the lowest Whites.  If you disgrace your Race in this way you had better take Back Seats."

  8. Anti-Freedman’s Bureau Propaganda

  9. “In Self Defense,” 1876

  10. Thomas Nast’s version of Reconstruction

  11. “Our Uncle Going to Take a Rest,” 1877

  12. Redemption

  13. Thomas Nast, Compromise with the South, 1864

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