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Reconstruction Phase #2: Radical Reconstruction & The Rise of the KKK ( 3.10)

Reconstruction Phase #2: Radical Reconstruction & The Rise of the KKK ( 3.10). 2f.: Investigate causes and effects of significant events in United States history . 2g.: Analyze the complexity of events in United States history.

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Reconstruction Phase #2: Radical Reconstruction & The Rise of the KKK ( 3.10)

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  1. Reconstruction Phase #2: Radical Reconstruction & The Rise of the KKK (3.10) • 2f.: Investigate causes and effects of significant events in United States history. • 2g.: Analyze the complexity of events in United States history. • 2h.: Examine and evaluate issues of unity and diversity from Reconstruction to • present. • 3:The significance of ideas as powerful forces throughout history.

  2. Reform Efforts by Republicans in South: Drawbacks (i.e. costs) • 1) Many state gov’t had to borrow money & impose high property taxes to pay for programs • 2) Property owners who couldn’t pay taxes & ultimately lost their land • 3) Political corruption among S. Republicans

  3. Ku Klux Klan • Formed in TN (1866) • Name means “Circle of Brothers” • 1st Grand Wizard: Nathan Forrest (former Conf. Gen. during CW) • Goal:To drive out Union troops and carpetbaggers and regain control of South for Dem. Party

  4. White Southerner’s Disliked Republican Party- Why? • 1) Party included Northerners & Blacks • 2) Southerners believed U.S. Army was an occupying power & had forced new Republican gov’tson them

  5. Actions Taken By Klan • rode in groups wearing white robes • at night, terrorized supporters of Republican state gov’ts • broke up Republican meetings

  6. Actions Taken By Klan (cont.) • drove Freedmen’s Bureau officials out of communities • burned homes, schools, churches of Blacks • attempted to keep Blacks & White Republicans from voting

  7. The Enforcement Acts • Passed by Congress to: • 1) Combat violence in the South • 2) Outlaw activities of KKK

  8. Enforcement Acts Passed • 1) Fed crime to interfere w/ citizen’s right to vote • 2)Fed. elections were put under supervision of Federal marshals • 3) (KKK Act) outlawed activities of the Klan 

  9. Discussion Topic (DT) #1 • In your opinion, were the Enforcement Acts and effective way to combat the KKK? Why or why not?

  10. Reconstruction: Then (South) & Now (Afghanistan) • Similar • 1) Problems w/ insurgency • 2) Former regime cannot participate in gov’t • (Afghanistan (Taliban), South (Confederate Gov’t + Military officers) • 3) Infrastructure needs major repair

  11. Reconstruction: Then (South) & Now (Afghanistan) (cont.) • 4) All people now can vote, but pop. Intimidated + political corruption • 5) Presence + mixed results of gov’t + private agencies • Afghanistan: contractors (e.g. Blackwater) • South: Freedmen’s Bureau, Carpetbaggers, Scalawags

  12. Reconstruction: Then (South) & Now (Afghanistan) (cont.) • Different • 1) Level of violence of insurgency in Afghanistan more severe than South

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