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Chapter Assessment
The Politics of Reconstruction
Reconstructing Society
The Collapse of Reconstruction
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Constitutional Concerns
Civil Rights
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“Nothing in all history [equaled] this wonderful, quiet, sudden transformation of four millions of human
beings from . . . the auction-block to the ballot-box.”
William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist
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What do you know?• What does the word reconstruction mean to you?
Read the quote above and answer the following:
• Who were the four million that Garrison was talking about?
• What does his opposition of auction-block and ballot-box refer to?
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“Nothing in all history [equaled] this wonderful, quiet, sudden transformation of four millions of human
beings from . . . the auction-block to the ballot-box.”
William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist
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The United States
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1875 Specie Resumption Act is passed.
1877 Federal troops withdraw from the South, ending Reconstruction.
1867 U.S. buys Alaska from Russia. Former Confederate states are divided into military districts.
1868 President Johnson is impeached. Fourteenth Amendment is ratified.
1865 Thirteenth Amendment is ratified.
1873 Financial panic results in economic depression.
1870 Fifteenth Amendment is ratified.
1871 U.S. and Great Britain sign Treaty of Washington.
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1874 British declare Gold Coast of Africa a colony.
1871 Germany becomes unified under Kaiser Wilhem I.
1870 Unification of Italy is completed.
1867 Emperor Maximillian is executed in Mexico.
1866 Austro-Prussian War ends.
1876 Japan forces Korea to open ports to trade.
1869 Mohandas K. Gandhi is born in India.
The Politics of Reconstruction1
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presidential and congressional Reconstruction policies from 1865 to 1870.
To Understand
how political leaders set out to rebuild the nation after the Civil War.
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Key Idea
Presidents Lincoln and Johnson face congressional opposition to their Reconstruction plans. Congress wins control, and Radical Reconstruction begins.
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Assessment
What are some events, plans, or legislation that attempted to enact Reconstruction?
SYNTHESIZING
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Fifteenth
Amendment
Reconstruction Act
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Wade-Davis
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Civil Rights Act
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Lincoln’s
Ten-Percent
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Impeachment of
Johnson
Attempts to
continue and enlarge
the Freedman’s Bureau
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The Politics of Reconstruction1
Describe how Reconstruction might have been different if Abraham Lincoln had lived.
HYPOTHESIZING
Assessment1
• Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction• Lincoln’s relationship with Radical Republicans• Lincoln’s ability to negotiate
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Assessment1
Were the Radical Republicans justified in impeaching President Johnson?
MAKING DECISIONS
• the controversy over Reconstruction policies• the meaning of the Tenure of Office Act• Johnson’s vetoes
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Reconstructing Society2
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the political, social, and economic changes that took place in the South following the Civil War.
To Understand
the roles that various groups played in the rebuilding of Southern society.
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Key Idea
The South must rebuild its ravaged economy in the aftermath of war. African Americans begin to exercise freedoms denied to them during their enslavement.
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Section Assessment2
What were some of the problems facing the South after the Civil War and the attempted solutions?
SUMMARIZING
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Physical devastation Public works programs
Former slaves separated from their families
Search for family members
Lack of land Southern Homestead Act
Labor shortage Sharecropping or tenant farming
PROBLEM ATTEMPTED SOLUTION
Lack of education New schools established
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How did the Civil War weaken the Southern economy?
GENERALIZING
Assessment2
• the devastation of the war• economic conditions• changes in agriculture
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Section Assessment2
Which accomplishment of African Americans during Reconstruction do you consider most significant?
INTERPRETING
• the development of a free African-American community• the lingering effects of slavery• opportunities for leadership
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The Collapse of Reconstruction3
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the political, economic, and social problems that plagued the nation from 1873 to 1877.
To Understand
why Reconstruction ultimately collapsed.
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Key Idea
Continued opposition to Radical Reconstruction in the South and economic problems in the North bring the Reconstruction process to an end.
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Section Assessment3
What were some of the major events that led to the collapse of Reconstruction?
SUMMARIZING
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1866 Ku Klux Klan founded.
1870–1871 Enforcement Acts passed.
1872 Amnesty Act passed.
1873 1873 Panic.
1872 Crédit Mobilier.
1873 Supreme Court issued Slaughterhouse rulings.
1876 Hayes elected president.
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Would the Republican Party have remained strong in the South if Congress had not passed the Amnesty Act?
ANALYZING
Assessment3
• the Republican commitment to Reconstruction• the goals of the Ku Klux Klan• the political and economic crises facing the nation
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Section Assessment3
Was the political deal to settle the election of 1876 an appropriate solution? Why or why not?
EVALUATING
• the causes of the conflict over the election • other possible solutions to the controversy• the impact of the settlement
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Chapter 12 Assessment
1. How did Andrew Johnson’s plan to reconstruct the Confederate states differ from Lincoln’s?
2. How did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 become law?
3. Why did the Radicals want to impeach Andrew Johnson?
4. What factor played a significant role in the 1868 presidential election?
5. What three groups made up the Republican party in the South during Reconstruction?
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6. In what ways did emancipated slaves exercise their freedom?
7. How did white landowners in the South reassert their economic power in the decade following the Civil War?
8. How did Southern whites regain political power during Reconstruction?
9. What economic and political developments weakened the Republican party during Grant’s second term?
10. What significance did the victory by Rutherford B. Hayes in the 1876 presidential race have for Reconstruction?
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