Unit 7: The Reconstruction Period

SS8H6: The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.c. Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.

Reconstruction Period• It took place from 1865 to 1877.• It was the period of rebuilding the South physically, economically, and

politically after the Civil War.• Due to damages caused by the war, the South’s railroads, cities and towns

were in ruins.• There were food shortages. Also, limited housing and clothing.• Freedmen (former slaves) and Southern whites needed help.• Lincoln wanted the Southern states to take an oath of allegiance to the

United States that they would never secede from the union. • He wanted the Southern states to return to the union quickly. • Religion is the only thing regarding life in Georgia that remained the same.• *Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan was called the 10 Percent Plan. When 10%

of the people to oath of allegiance to United States

Reconstruction Period Facts to Know• When President Lincoln was assassinated,

Vice President Andrew Johnson became the President of the USA.

• Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan requirements for Southern States were:

1. Southerners owning more than $20,000 in property had to ask him directly for permission to take the oath of loyalty.

2. Ratify (approve) the 13th Amendment (Slavery not allowed in the USA)

3. Cancel the Ordinance of Secession (Rejoin the USA)

4. Each Southern state had to write a new Constitution with a section abolishing (ending) slavery.

• Radical Republicans in Washington, D.C. wanted more punishments for the South.

President Andrew Johnson

HOTS Kahoot IT

1. What was President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction called?

a. 10 % planb. 100% Planc. Congressional Plan

2. When President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated who became acting President?a. General Shermanb. Robert E Leec. Andrew Johnsond. Henry Grady

Reconstruction Period Facts to Know• Congress created the Freedmen’s

Bureau to help freedmen (former slaves) and poor whites get food, clothing, and shelter.

• Plantation owners desperately needed workers to grow and harvest crops, so they hired:

1. Sharecroppers-Contracted workers who farmed a plot of land for the landowner and received a portion of the crop.

2. Tenant Farmers-Farmed the land of landowner, but paid rent with cash or with a portion of the crops. They owned their own equipment and farm animals.

HOTS (Kahoots)

3. The purpose of the Freemen's Bureau was to help?a. former slavesb. all free people in the

Southc. all poor people in the

southd. former slaves and

poor whites

4. Sharecroppers paid their land owners by?a. paying a monthly rental or

lease feeb. allowing landowners to

use their equipmentc. providing labor and a large

percentage of the cropd. agreeing to work without

pay for five to seven years

5. How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?a. Tenant farmers owned all

their equipmentb. Tenant farmers usually

made a small profitc. Tenant farmers bought

their seed from the ownerd. Tenant farmers usually

didn't pay rent for their houses

• The following amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution:

A. 13th Amendment-Banned slavery in the USA (1865).

B. 14th Amendment-All persons born in the USA are citizens of the USA (1866).

C. 15th Amendment-All male citizens of the USA are allowed to vote (no matter their race, 1870).

• Henry McNeal Turner, an African American, was elected a Georgia senator in 1868 for the General Assembly.

• Ku Klux Klan was created in 1866 by Confederate war veterans who used terror and violence to keep freedmen from voting, holding political office, and exercising their constitutional rights.

Henry McNeal Turner

6. What did the 14th Amendment do?

a. It gave blacks citizenship b. It gave blacks their

freedomc. It gave blacks the right

to voted. It gave blacks the right

to own property

7. What did the 15th Amendment do?a. It gave blacks

citizenship b. It gave blacks their

freedomc. It gave blacks the right

to voted. It gave blacks the right

to own property

8. What was the main goal of Ku Klux Klan was to?

a. return land to former Confederates

b. attract members from all social classes

c. force the carpetbaggers to move back north

d. to prevent the freemen from exercising thier rights

Tariff of Abomination

• "Tariff of 1828" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States . It was designed to protect industry in the northern United States. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.

• The major goal of the tariff was to protect industries in the northern United States which were being driven out of business by low-priced imported goods by taxing them.

9. What was the Tariff of Abomination about?a. Taxed all exported goods to Englandb. to protect industries in the northern United

Statesc. Taxed the South for their role in the Civil Ward. Ended the tax on the sale of slaves

Ticket Out The Door 2/10/15

• Discussion Question-If you were the President of the United States of America in 1865, what kind of punishment(s) would you give members of the Confederate States of America’s government and military for seceding from the Union? Please be prepared to share your response with the class.