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Reconstruction • Reconstruction
• Andrew Johnson
• Rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
• Became the President of the U.S. after the assassination of Lincoln.
Rules to “re-join” the Union
• 10 percent of voters must claim loyalty to the Union
• A state could not elect a former Confederate leader.
• Approve the 13th Amendment (banned slavery)
• Laws passed by the South limiting the freedom of black people.
• An agency set up to help people in the South(Former slaves and Whites) after the Civil War. Supplied food, medicine, and an education, and clothes.
• Black Codes
• Freedmen’s Bureau
Congress vs. Johnson• Johnson opposed the
14thAmmendment (Law that defined African Americans as citizens.)
• Congress voted to impeach (to charge someone with wrongdoing) Johnson.– Vetoed laws approved by
congress.
• Johnson remained President by one vote.
Political Cartoons
Civil War Amendments
• 14th Amendment
– Declared that all citizens have equal rights.
• 15th Amendment
– Gave African American Men the right to vote
Name-Calling
• The Southerners called the Northerners:– Carpetbaggers- “They
said they stuffed their bags with whatever they could steal and then return to the North
– Scalawags- Anyone that worked for the new government was a crook or traitor.
Resistance to Change• Ku Klux Klan - was formed in
Tennessee to resist the new changes to the constitution.
• Formed by ex-confederates following the Civil War in 1866.
• Used intimidation to return power to southern whites.
North Carolina
• After the War, Johnson appointed W.W. Holden as Governor.
• He led an unpopular government that was weakened by a lack of public support and the KKK.
• In 1877 North Carolina elected former Governor Zebulon B. Vance.
Poster ActivityChoose one of the following and design a poster!
Black CodesFreedman’s Bureau13th, 14th, & 15th AmendmentsCarpetbaggers and ScalawagsAndrew JohnsonSharecropping and Tenant FarmingJim Crow Laws/ Plessy v. FergusonCivil Rights Act of 1871Response to SegregationGroups supporting segregation
• What was this?
• When did this happen?
• Why did this happen?
• What impact did this have on the U.S. (North and South)?
• Include at least one picture.
Quiz- Reconstruction• Using your notes and textbook to help you, answer the following in
complete sentences!
Page 378#1-10 vocabulary#13-17 complete sentences#20-23 complete sentences#25-26 complete sentences #28 list two things about the picture
Page 379Read “Close to the Land”# 1-3 answers only
Is it fair to have one set of rules for one group of people and another set of rules for another group? Why or why not?