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Reconstruction Era

Reconstruction Era. 1865-1877 Period after Civil War Issue: How South would be admitted back into Union. Freedman's bureau . Expanded education purposes Helped freed slaves food, clothing, and medical care Asked for: “20 acres and mule”. Black Codes.

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Reconstruction Era

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  1. Reconstruction Era • 1865-1877 • Period after Civil War • Issue: • How South would be admitted back into Union

  2. Freedman's bureau • Expanded education purposes • Helped freed slaves food, clothing, and medical care • Asked for: • “20 acres and mule”

  3. Black Codes • laws passed in the South during Reconstruction to limit the opportunities for freedman's. • Made it Illegal to: • Hold public office • Travel freely • Serve on juries

  4. Compromise of 1877 • The election of 1876 was very close • Congress would decide who would win the election • In a deal with Southern states, Rutherford B Hayes promised to remove soldiers if they voted for him to win the election

  5. Civil Rights Bill • Guaranteed freedman citizenship • Also known as the • 14th amendment

  6. Reconstruction Act of 1867 • Union established military rule over former Confederate states • Union troops helped register freedman to vote • Former Confederate leaders could not vote

  7. Jim Crow Laws • laws passed by the Radical Republicans(North) • Jim Crow laws functioned to keep black and white people separated: • Schools, marriage, voting • Examples: • No colored person shall serve as a barber [to] white women or girls.

  8. Homestead Act of 1862 • Any citizen could occupy 160 acres of land • If the property were “improved” after 5 yrs the owner would be given the land • Attracted poor people and immigrants • 1.4 million homestead sites were granted

  9. Dawes Act • Purpose was to protect the Indian society • Each Indian family was given 160 acres • The surplus was taken by the Gov’t • Tribal ownership disappeared • The Indian culture was greatly affected

  10. Morril Act • Each state was given 30,000 acres of land per congress member • Ex: 30,000 x 20=600,000 • State would sell land and use $ to fund public colleges • Ex: A&M - Tech schools

  11. Andrew Johnson • Took over for Lincoln after was assassinated • Followed Lincoln’s plan for leniency toward Southern states • Pardoned most rebel leaders • Was almost impeached • He fired the secretary of war which was unconstitutional

  12. Rutherford B Hayes • 19th President because of the Compromise of 1877 • Compromise agreed to with Hayes the south would vote for him if he promised to remove Federal troops and Reconstruction ended • his victory ended Reconstruction

  13. Carpetbaggers/Scalawags • Scalawags: • Southerners who sided with the North • Carpetbaggers: • Northerners who went South

  14. Sharecroppers • Were given land, tools, livestock from plantation owners • Plantation owners took advantage of them • Charged them high interest rates the sharecroppers were unable to repay

  15. Klu Klux Klan • Secret society • Sought to destroy the Republican party in the South • Intimidated free African-Americans and any race who helped them

  16. Hiram Rhodes Revels • US Senator • 1st African American senator • Elected in 1870 • Spoke out against racial segregation • Helped recruit African Americans during War

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