A brief presentation about some things about Reconstruction, and eventually Southern Redemption.

1. The Politics of
Reconstruction
Reconstruction and Its End

2. Reconstruction
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PoliticalRebuilding
• Reunitingthegovernmenttofeellike awholeagain.
EconomicRebuilding
• Rebuildingindustries,factories,farms,towns,citiestobe
SocialRebuilding
• Reintegratingalldifferentsortsofpeople

3. Reconstruction
How were the 3 different aspects of Reconstruction different?

4. Lincoln’s Plan
Lenient
•Goal: Lenient to the South to quickly rebuild the
rebuild the Union
“Ten Percent Plan”
•10% of Southerners must take an oath of allegiance
•Unsuccessful because Congress wants to punish the
South
Outcome

5. Lincoln’s Plan
Is Lincoln’s plan easy or hard on the South?
Explain.

6. Johnson’s
Plan
Lenient (easier than Lincoln’s Plan)
Goal:
•Reunite North and South
•Punish wealthy white Southerners
Presidential Reconstruction
1. Each state would have to withdraw its secession
2. Swear allegiance to United States
3. Annul Confederate war debts
4. Ratify the 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery)
Johnson did not enforce the terms of his

7. Johnson’s Vetoes
Freedman’s Bureau:
•goal was to feed and house freed slaves and poor whites
•goal to reunite families that were broken due to slavery
Civil Rights Act of 1866
•Goal was to forbid black codes passed by states
Johnson’s reaction: Vetoes both!
Angry with Johnson, Radical Republicans strike back!

8. Johnson’s
Plan
Why were the Republicans angry with
President Johnson?

9. Reconstruction Act of 1867
(Radical Reconstruction)
FourParts
• Dividedtheother10formerConfederateStates
eachheadedbyaUnionGeneral
• Votersinthedistricts,includingAfrican-
tostateconstitutionconventions
• Newstateconstitutionshadtoensuresuffrageto
• Eachstatehadtoratifythe14thAmendment&15th

10. Reconstruction Act of 1867

11. Reconstruction Act of 1867
(Radical Reconstruction)
During Reconstruction, why were the Republicans so hard on the
southern states?

12. Southern Resistance
1. BlackCodes
2. JimCrowLaws
3. Carpetbaggers
4. Scalawags
• AbandonedtheRepublicanpartywhentheynolonger
member
5. KKK(KuKluxKlan)
• WhitesupremacistskilledimportantReconstruction

13. Southern Resistance
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• [alsoaffectswhitevoters]youcanvoteifyoupassa
anddomath
GrandfatherClause
• ifyourgrandfathercouldvotein1860,youare
literacytest

14. Southern Resistance
What did the southern states do to try to return things to the way they
were before the Civil War?

15. Reconstruction on the Decline
Corruption
• Diverted public
attention in the North
from what was
happening in the
South
• Decreased support
Economic
Troubles
•Economic
Depression took
away public attention
in the North from
what was happening

16. Reconstruction on the Decline
Why did northerners begin to lose interest in Reconstruction?

17. Election of
1876
Hayes (Republican) VS. Tilden
(Democrat)
• Votes could not be counted in Florida,
Louisiana, and South Carolina
because of voting problems
Bargain of 1877
• Hayes became president
• Result: “Redemption” – White Southerners regain control
of the South
The End of Reconstruction
• Withdrew federal troops from Louisiana and South
Carolina thereby restoring Democrats to power

18. Election of
1876
How did the bargain of 1877 bring the end of Reconstruction?