Reconstruction1865-1877

12 years after the Civil War when former Confederate States were

brought back to the United States.

Amendment: change to the ConstitutionAmendment: change to the Constitution

13th Amendment: Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories

14th Amendment: Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. and guarantees them equal protection under the law

15th Amendment: Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude

Radical Republicans believed the South should be forced with an army to ratify the 14th and 15th amendments

Policies were harsh and created problems in the South

Reconstruction attempted to give rights and freedom to freedmen

Military Reconstruction Act: divided the South into

military districts. Northern soldiers were sent to enforce reconstruction

polices.

Southern military leaders could not hold office

African Americans could hold public office

Northern soldiers supervised the South

Created during Reconstruction The country’s 1st federal relief

agency Established to aid former

enslaved African Americans from the South Gave out meals,

medical supplies, and clothing

Set up schools for African Americans

Educated more than 250,000

Civil Rights Act of 1866: African Americans gained equal rightsAuthorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement

Northerners who moved to post war South to profit from the South

Name was given because of cheap suitcase made of carpet

Southern resented Northern “carpetbaggers” who took advantage of South during reconstruction

White Southern Republicans To be a southern republican

was seen as being a traitor to the South

As freedmen gained their freedom and some rights, Southern states started Black Codes to restrict black rights

Black Codes limited the economic and physical freedoms of former slaves

Curfews (could not go out after sunset)

Vagrancy (those convicted of not working were fined for years work)

Land restrictions (could only rent homes in rural areas)

• A farming system where white planters rented individual pieces of land to freedmen in return for a

large portion of crops• Limited freedmen’s economic

freedom