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Post Reconstruction Life

Post Reconstruction Life. Bell Work: 1. What was the place called where Robert E Lee surrendered? 2. What was the purpose of the 14 th Amendment? 3. Name why Johnson was going to be impeached?. Bright Future…. Black Success. . . . . Schools and education Black Congressmen

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Post Reconstruction Life

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  1. Post Reconstruction Life • Bell Work: • 1. What was the place called where Robert E Lee surrendered? • 2. What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment? • 3. Name why Johnson was going to be impeached?

  2. Bright Future….. • Black Success. . . . . • Schools and education • Black Congressmen • Black Voting

  3. 1876 Election. . . • Hayes Election: and the Compromise of 1877 • Election was Rutherford B. Hayes v. Samuel J. Tilden • Electoral College a virtual tie 185-184 • Compromise of 1877

  4. The South Would • Accept Hayes's presidency. • Respect blacks' rights.

  5. The South Would. . . • The removal of all federal troops from the former Confederate States. • The appointment of at least one Southern Democrat to Hayes's cabinet. (David M. Key of Tennessee became Postmaster General.) Hayes agreed. • The construction of another transcontinental railroad using the Texas and Pacific in the • Legislation to help industrialize the South.

  6. Change in the South • Old Southern leaders and ex-confederates were taking office again. . . . • What do you think will happen to African-American Rights??

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