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Reconstruction & Industrialization

Reconstruction & Industrialization. Quick Look at What Happened. Policies were based on Lincoln’s goals He insisted on the banning of slavery His focus was to get the Southern states back into the Union He did not focus on helping former enslaved people. Reconstruction under Johnson.

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Reconstruction & Industrialization

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  1. Reconstruction & Industrialization Quick Look at What Happened

  2. Policies were based on Lincoln’s goals • He insisted on the banning of slavery • His focus was to get the Southern states back into the Union • He did not focus on helping former enslaved people Reconstruction under Johnson

  3. Congressman who favored using Federal power to rebuild the South and promote African-American rights • Pushed for full citizenship for freed African-Americans Radical Republicans

  4. Laws that limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people • Southern states passed these laws that were similar to slave laws Black Codes

  5. A Federal Agency set up to assist former enslaved people. • Set up Schools & Hospitals for African-Americans & gave out clothes, food & fuel Freedmen’s Bureau

  6. The amendment to the constitution that banned slavery 13th Amendment

  7. Stated that all people born or naturalized in the United States were citizens, had the same rights Granted “equal protection of the laws” This meant Southern states would have less power if they did not grant black men the vote. 14th Amendment

  8. Citizens could not be stopped from voting “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude • This did not apply to women or Native Americans • Gave African-American men the right to vote 15th Amendment

  9. Farmers would rent land on credit • Landowner provided tools & seed • At harvest time, farmer gave a share of the crop to the landowner as payment • Caused African-Americans to stay in poverty Sharecropping

  10. White Northerners who rushed to the South after the war • Some accused them of seeking wealth or political power Carpetbaggers

  11. Definition is Scoundrels • Democrats called delegates who were Republican poor white farmers scoundrels for going along with Radical Reconstruction Scalawags

  12. Johnson had many disagreements with the Radical Republicans in Congress • In 1867, Congress passed a law that said the President can’t fire officials without Senate approval. • In 1868, Johnson fired his Secretary of War over disagreements over Reconstruction • So the House impeached him for breaking the law Andrew Johnson Impeachment

  13. Racist Terror group • They were poor farmers to former Confederate officers • Goal was to restore Democratic control of South & keep former slaves powerless • They wore robes & hoods (hid their faces) • Beat & Tortured people, burned schools, churches, and homes, lynched people Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

  14. Deal made to end Reconstruction • Republican Rutherford Hayes became President • Removal of Federal troops from South • Government would provide loans for railroad linking South and West • Democrats promised to respect African-American’s rights Compromise of 1877

  15. In 1892, Homer Plessy (African-American) sued a railroad company arguing that segregated seating violated his 14th Amendment right to “equal protection of the laws” • Rules that “separate but equal” is legal! Plessy vs. Ferguson

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