POST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION

Civil War Reconstruction

Government policies/laws used to rebuild the South

RATIFY• To pass a law

POLITICAL/PUBLIC OFFICE• Serving in office of President, or Governor, or

Mayor etc.

CARPETBAGGERS

Northerners who took advantage of the south during reconstruction

SUPERVISE/SUPERVISION• To watch over, give guidance, give

instructions……..babysit

Black CodesLaws passed in the South to take away

from NEW freedoms of African-Americans

RESENT/RESENTED• To not like, to be upset about something, to

be furious of something.

Civil Rights Act of 1866

African Americans gained equal rights. Authorized the

use of federal troops to enforce the new laws.

Civil War Reconstruction

Policies

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIES

A. Southern Military Leaders Could Not hold political office.

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIESB. African Americans could hold public/political

office.

Hiram Revels served in the US Senate Robert Smalls served in the US House of Representatives

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIESC. African-Americans gained EQUAL rights

with the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT NOT FOLLOWED………

If Southerners resented and did not follow the law of the Civil Rights Act it would be enforced

by Federal Troops (Military)

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIESD. Northern Soldiers supervised the South

Northern soldier giving orders

Southerners listening

RECONSTRUCTION POLICIESE. The Freedman’s Bureau was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South

RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS!

RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS!F. Southerners resented Northern

CARPETBAGGERS, who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction

RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS!G. Southern states adopted BLACK CODES to limit

the economic and physical freedom of former slaves (BLACK CODES CAME AFTER NEW LAWS TO

STRIKE BACK AT BLACKS!)

“SERVITUDE BACK AGAIN!?”

Election of 1876

Ended Reconstruction

SERVITUDE

Slavery

Reconciliation

To restore harmony, make peaceLincoln and Lee called for Reconciliation amongst

Northerners/Southerners

Preservation

The act of keeping something safe

Lincoln wanted to PRESERVE the Union/keeping it together and not separate.

13th Amendment (1865)

Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories

1-3….SLAVES ARE FREE!

14th Amendment (1868)

Granted citizenship to ALL persons born in the United

States and guarantees them EQUAL PROTECTION under law

1-4….CITIZENS MORE!

14th Amendment……WHO WAS LEFT OUT OF BEING A CITIZEN?

Native Americans were not granted CITIZENSHIP until 1924………56 YEARS LATER!

15th Amendment (1870)

Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous

conditions of servitude.

1-5….VOTES CAN’T BE DENIED!

13th, 14th, 15th TogetherThese Amendments guaranteed EQUAL protection under the law for all citizens.

LASTING IMPRESSIONS OF GREAT AMERICAN LEADERS

COMPROMISEAn agreement

AMENDMENTA change to the current laws

Frederick DouglassTop Box: Fought for the adoption of

Constitutional Amendments that

GUARANTEED Voting rights

Frederick DouglassBOTTOM BOX: Was a powerful voice for Human

Rights and Civil Liberties for all

Robert E. LeeUrged SOUTHERNERS to reconcile with Northerners

at the end of the war and reunite as AMERICANS when some wanted to continue to fight.

“The War is over…we need to reunite as Americans and move forward.”

Robert E. LeeHe became President of WASHINGTON COLLEGE

which is now known as Washington & Lee University.

Abraham LincolnCreated a RECONSTRUCTION plan that called for

RECONCILIATION

Abraham LincolnHe believed the Preservation of the UNION (keeping

the country together) was more important than PUNISHING the SOUTH

The End of Reconstruction

RECONSTRUCTION• Reconstruction began in 1865 after the END of the

Civil War. Reconstruction ended in 1877.

WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END IN 1877?

1. The Election of 1876 ended Civil War Reconstruction in the SOUTH.

WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END IN 1877?

2. The COMPROMISE of 1877 was an agreement to completely end RECONSTRUCTION.

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER RECONSTRUCTION

ENDED?

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER RECONSTRUCTION ENDED?

1. FEDERAL troops were removed from the SOUTH

SEE YA!

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER RECONSTRUCTION ENDED?

2. African American rights that were gained were lost through JIM CROW LAWS