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Amy LC
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Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in ______________, ______________. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘______ toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to _____ the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for ________________. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in ________________. 6. Southern cities were _________________. 7. Southern states had to ______ the USA and _______ slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the ____ _________ to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The _______ ________ was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened _______ all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes __________ assassinated Lincoln in April, _____________. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, __________________, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn _______ and _______. 14. Black leaders won seats in ___________. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want Black people to have __________. 16. Southern states enacted __________ __________ to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take ______ or pay ___ to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at _______ ________and the __________ _________ ____________ for returning to _______ ways. 19. The _____ ____________ gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress ________________ Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The ____ _______ ______ was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The _________ _______________ gave Black men the right to vote. 23. _________ meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called _______ _______ laws. 24. _________ ____________ sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give ______________________ to former slaves.
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Lincoln won a 2nd presidential election
• November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. Lincoln won a 2nd presidential election
• November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. Lincoln won a 2nd presidential election
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal:
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal:
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal: reunite the states reunite the states
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address“With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address“With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal: reunite the states reunite the states
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal: reunite the states reunite the states
The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865. • The Civil War destroyed Southern cities.
• The Civil War ended April 9, 1865. • The Civil War destroyed Southern cities. • Rebuilding the South = Reconstruction. The South was destroyed.
• The Civil War ended April 9, 1865. • The Civil War destroyed Southern cities. • Rebuilding the South = Reconstruction. The South was destroyed.
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. • Southern states could rejoin if 10% of voters promised to support USA. • South had to accept stopping slavery.
• President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Reconstruction Plan
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP.
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP.
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA
Reconstruction Plan
Reconstruction Plan I made up this ‘Ten Percent’ rule in 1863.. I made up this ‘Ten Percent’ rule in 1863..
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA; • ...the southern states must accept stopping slavery.
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA; • ...the southern states must accept stopping slavery.
Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA; • ...the southern states must accept stopping slavery.
Readmission of States to the Union
Freeing Enslaved People
Freeing Enslaved People
Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
Freeing Enslaved People
Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. • Enslaved people became free.
Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. • Enslaved people became free. • 13th Amendment = slavery forever illegal in USA
Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. • Enslaved people became free. • 13th Amendment = slavery forever illegal in USA
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South.
The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South. • ...established schools in the South for free Black people.
The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South. • ...established schools in the South for free Black people. • Old Southern laws prohibited enslaved people from learning how to read and write.
The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South. • ...established schools in the South for free Black people. • Old Southern laws prohibited enslaved people from learning how to read and write.
Lincoln was assassinated
Lincoln was assassinated
Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater.
Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln.
http://z.about.com/d/history1800s/1/0/H/0/-/-/lincoln-firsthome-ill.jpg
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/April/booth-killing-lincoln.htm
http://www.topicsites.com/abraham-lincoln/assassination.htm
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/news_images/4/52544_117651_1.jpg
http://www.chicagohistory.org/wetwithblood/bloody/cloak/cloak2.htm
http://www.chicagohistory.org/wetwithblood/bloody/cloak/cloak2.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lprbscsm&fileName=scsm0354/lprbscsmscsm0354.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r?ammem/scsmbib:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28scsm000354%29%29
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/l_lincoln_assassination.html
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/April/booth-killing-lincoln.htm
http://www.mrlincolnswhiteh ouse.org/assassination/indexB .html
http://www.historydc.org/onlineexhibit/LincolnsWashington/Mr.%20Lincoln%27s%20Assassination%202.asp Peterson House, where Lincoln was taken after he was shot, ca. 1910-1920
http://washington.dukegill.com/petersonhouse.htm This house is a museum today.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/April/death-bed-abraham-lincoln.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lprbscsm&fileName=scsm0355/lprbscsmscsm0355.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r?ammem/scsmbib:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28scsm000355%29%29
http://z.about.com/d/history1800s/1/0/p/0/-/-/Lincoln-deathbed01.jpg
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http://lisawallerrogers.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/death-bed-of-lincoln.jpg
http://www.topfoto.co.uk/gallery/granger/images/prevs/gr0056847_H.jpg
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/fimage/lincolnimages/browne711.jpg
http://www.lincolnlogcabin.org/education-kits/Abraham-Lincoln-Lesson-Plans/PrimarySources/Lesson-7/74.jpg
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/assets/html/html-zoom.php?image=13.3&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=350&width=720
http://americangallery.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/small_the-death-of-lincoln.jpg
Cloak attributed to Mary Todd Lincoln, 1865 http://www.chicagohistory.org/wetwithblood/bloody/cloak/index.htm
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/April/abraham-lincoln-coffin.htm
http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/effuneralcar.jpg Lincoln’s funeral train traveled through 180 cities in seven states.
http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/effuneralcar.jpg The route of Lincoln’s funeral train.
http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/effuneralcar.jpg Abraham Lincoln's funeral in New York City. It shows Lincoln's Coffin proceeding down the street in a somber horse drawn funeral car. The body was on its way to the train station.
http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/effuneralcar.jpg
http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/effuneralcar.jpg
http://lincolnat200.org/exhibits/show/nowhebelongs/memory/apotheosis
http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/ferriswashlinccvd.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Wilkes_Booth_wanted_poster_colour.png Wanted Poster
http://www.mrlincolnswhiteh ouse.org/assassination/indexC .html
http://www.history.com/content/civilwar/the-hunt-for-john-wilkes-booth/hunt-for-john-wilkes-booth The police found John Wilkes Booth hiding in a barn in Virginia. The police killed Booth during a gunfight.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/May/john-wilkes-booth-death.htm The capture of the assassin John Wilkes Booth.
Conspirators of Lincoln’s assassination.http://www.history.com/content/civilwar/the-hunt-for-john-wilkes-booth/the-conspiracy-death-of-president-abraham-lincoln
Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators.
Mary Todd Lincoln after the death of her husband
http://www.physical-lincoln.com/wiki/Image:M62y1-v1.jpg
Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln. • Vice-President Andrew Johnson became president.
Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln. • Vice-President Andrew Johnson became president.
Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln. • Vice-President Andrew Johnson became president.
Reconstruction Began
Pardon Franchise “Shall I trust this man... ...and not this man?”
Pardon Franchise “Shall I trust this man... ...and not this man?”
The Misses Cooke's school room, Freedman's Bureau, Richmond, Virginia, 1866.
Reconstruction Began
Reconstruction Began
Reconstruction Began
Senator Hiram Revels of MS, Representatives Benjamin Turner of AL, Robert DeLarge of SC, Josiah Walls of FL Jefferson Long of GA, Joseph Rainey and Robert Elliot of SC.
Memphis Freedmans School burning after riot. Reconstruction Began
The Black Codes
• Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
• Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
• Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
• Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
• Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
• Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. .
Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). .
Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). • They could vote if their grandfathers voted (Grandfather Clause.
Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). • They could vote if their grandfathers voted (Grandfather Clause. • They must pass a test.
Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). • They could vote if their grandfathers voted (Grandfather Clause. • They must pass a test.
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress
Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes.
Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways.
Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways. • wanted the South to improve more before rejoining USA.
Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways. • wanted the South to improve more before rejoining USA. • believed President Johnson was too easy on the South.
Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways. • wanted the South to improve more before rejoining USA. • believed President Johnson was too easy on the South.
The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. (not Indians).
The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. (not Indians). • State governments could not “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. (not Indians). • State governments could not “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
Johnson and The Radical Republicans
Johnson and The Radical Republicans
Johnson and The Radical Republicans • Congress was angry at President Johnson for not following Reconstruction. • Congress impeached Johnson.
Johnson and The Radical Republicans • Congress was angry at President Johnson for not following Reconstruction. • Congress impeached Johnson.
Impeachment • Impeachment: accusing a public official with a crime. • Try the president in the Senate. • Republicans failed to convict Johnson by one vote. • Bill Clinton: The only other impeached president.
Impeachment • Impeachment: accusing a public official with a crime. • Try the president in the Senate. • Republicans failed to convict Johnson by one vote. • Bill Clinton: The only other impeached president.
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law.
The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law. ...African American men the right to vote.
The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law. ...African American men the right to vote. ...Women’s rights activists were angry because the amendment did not also grant women the right to vote.
The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law. ...African American men the right to vote. ...Women’s rights activists were angry because the amendment did not also grant women the right to vote.
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws.
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels;
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters;
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars;
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks.
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks. • Segregation - the legal separation of blacks and whites in public places
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks. • Segregation - the legal separation of blacks and whites in public places • Jim Crow Laws - laws that forced segregation.
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks. • Segregation - the legal separation of blacks and whites in public places • Jim Crow Laws - laws that forced segregation.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme COurt
Plessy v. Ferguson Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places. Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places. The Supreme COurt
Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places. Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places.
Separate but equal
Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. • Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but-equal” places. • Really, the African American places were “separate-and- unequal.”
Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. • Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but-equal” places. • Really, the African American places were “separate-and- unequal.” • Segregation laws continued until 1965, 100 years after the Civil War ended.
Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. • Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but-equal” places. • Really, the African American places were “separate-and- unequal.” • Segregation laws continued until 1965, 100 years after the Civil War ended.
40 Acres and a Mule
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Freedmen’s Bureau40 Acres and a Mule
40 Acres and a Mule
40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer.
40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier
40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier Secretary of War Stanton Secretary of War Stanton
40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier Secretary of War Stanton Secretary of War StantonGeneral Sherman General Sherman
40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier Secretary of WarStanton Secretary of WarStanton General Sherman General Sherman OKOK
• During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. 40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier GeneralSherman GeneralSherman Secretary of War Stanton Secretary of War Stanton OKOK
• During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. 40 Acres and a Mule Yes, we said 40 acres.Yes, we said 40 acres. General Sherman
• During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. • During the riots in the 1960s, some people said, “That’s for my 40 acres and a mule,” when they stole from stores. • Spike Lee’s film company: 40 Acres and a Mule. 40 Acres and a Mule
• During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. • Spike Lee’s film company: 40 Acres and a Mule. 40 Acres and a Mule
• During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. 40 Acres and a Mule
• During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. 40 Acres and a Mule
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
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Reconstruction

  • 2. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in ______________, ______________. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘______ toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to _____ the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for ________________. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in ________________. 6. Southern cities were _________________. 7. Southern states had to ______ the USA and _______ slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the ____ _________ to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The _______ ________ was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened _______ all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes __________ assassinated Lincoln in April, _____________. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, __________________, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn _______ and _______. 14. Black leaders won seats in ___________. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want Black people to have __________. 16. Southern states enacted __________ __________ to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take ______ or pay ___ to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at _______ ________and the __________ _________ ____________ for returning to _______ ways. 19. The _____ ____________ gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress ________________ Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The ____ _______ ______ was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The _________ _______________ gave Black men the right to vote. 23. _________ meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called _______ _______ laws. 24. _________ ____________ sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give ______________________ to former slaves.
  • 3. RECONSTRUCTION Take notes on the slides. Copy the text in red.
  • 4. Lincoln won a 2nd presidential election
  • 5. • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. Lincoln won a 2nd presidential election
  • 6. • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. Lincoln won a 2nd presidential election
  • 7. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
  • 8. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
  • 9. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
  • 13. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865
  • 14. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction.
  • 15. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal:
  • 16. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal:
  • 17. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal: reunite the states reunite the states
  • 18. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
  • 19. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
  • 20. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
  • 21. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
  • 22.
  • 23.
  • 25. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address“With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
  • 27. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address“With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
  • 28.
  • 29. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. “With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
  • 30. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal: reunite the states reunite the states
  • 31. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • November, 1864: Lincoln won a second election. • Inauguration: March 4, 1865 • President Lincoln explained plans for Reconstruction. • Lincoln’s goal: reunite the states reunite the states
  • 32. The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
  • 33. The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
  • 34. The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
  • 35.
  • 36.
  • 37.
  • 38.
  • 39.
  • 40.
  • 41.
  • 42. The South was destroyed. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865. • The Civil War destroyed Southern cities.
  • 43. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865. • The Civil War destroyed Southern cities. • Rebuilding the South = Reconstruction. The South was destroyed.
  • 44. • The Civil War ended April 9, 1865. • The Civil War destroyed Southern cities. • Rebuilding the South = Reconstruction. The South was destroyed.
  • 45. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. • Southern states could rejoin if 10% of voters promised to support USA. • South had to accept stopping slavery.
  • 46. • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Reconstruction Plan
  • 47. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP.
  • 48. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP.
  • 49. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if
  • 50. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA
  • 51. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA
  • 53. Reconstruction Plan I made up this ‘Ten Percent’ rule in 1863.. I made up this ‘Ten Percent’ rule in 1863..
  • 54. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA; • ...the southern states must accept stopping slavery.
  • 55. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA; • ...the southern states must accept stopping slavery.
  • 56. Reconstruction Plan • President Lincoln’s plan: reunite the states ASAP. Southern states could rejoin USA if • ...10% of voters promised to support USA; • ...the southern states must accept stopping slavery.
  • 57. Readmission of States to the Union
  • 60. Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
  • 62. Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. • Enslaved people became free.
  • 63. Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. • Enslaved people became free. • 13th Amendment = slavery forever illegal in USA
  • 64. Freeing Enslaved People • January 31, 1865: Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. • Enslaved people became free. • 13th Amendment = slavery forever illegal in USA
  • 68. The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South.
  • 69. The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South. • ...established schools in the South for free Black people.
  • 70. The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South. • ...established schools in the South for free Black people. • Old Southern laws prohibited enslaved people from learning how to read and write.
  • 71. The Freedmen’s Bureau • ...helped freed Blacks and poor whites in the South. • ...established schools in the South for free Black people. • Old Southern laws prohibited enslaved people from learning how to read and write.
  • 74. Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater.
  • 75. Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth
  • 76. Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth
  • 77. Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln.
  • 101. Cloak attributed to Mary Todd Lincoln, 1865 http://www.chicagohistory.org/wetwithblood/bloody/cloak/index.htm
  • 105. http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/effuneralcar.jpg Abraham Lincoln's funeral in New York City. It shows Lincoln's Coffin proceeding down the street in a somber horse drawn funeral car. The body was on its way to the train station.
  • 112. http://www.history.com/content/civilwar/the-hunt-for-john-wilkes-booth/hunt-for-john-wilkes-booth The police found John Wilkes Booth hiding in a barn in Virginia. The police killed Booth during a gunfight.
  • 114. Conspirators of Lincoln’s assassination.http://www.history.com/content/civilwar/the-hunt-for-john-wilkes-booth/the-conspiracy-death-of-president-abraham-lincoln
  • 115. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators.
  • 116. Mary Todd Lincoln after the death of her husband
  • 118. Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln. • Vice-President Andrew Johnson became president.
  • 119. Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln. • Vice-President Andrew Johnson became president.
  • 120. Lincoln was assassinated • April 15, 1865: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater. • The assassin: actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southerner who was angry at Lincoln. • Vice-President Andrew Johnson became president.
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  • 123. Pardon Franchise “Shall I trust this man... ...and not this man?”
  • 124. Pardon Franchise “Shall I trust this man... ...and not this man?”
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  • 127. The Misses Cooke's school room, Freedman's Bureau, Richmond, Virginia, 1866.
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  • 137. Senator Hiram Revels of MS, Representatives Benjamin Turner of AL, Robert DeLarge of SC, Josiah Walls of FL Jefferson Long of GA, Joseph Rainey and Robert Elliot of SC.
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  • 140. Memphis Freedmans School burning after riot. Reconstruction Began
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  • 143. • Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
  • 144. • Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
  • 145. • Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
  • 146. • Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
  • 147. • Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
  • 148. • Southern states limited African Americans freedom with special laws called the Black Codes. Black Codes... • ...forced African Americans to work on farms or as servants. • ...stopped African Americans from owning guns, having public meetings or renting property in cities. • ...limited African Americans’ voting rights. The Black Codes
  • 156. Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. .
  • 157. Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). .
  • 158. Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). • They could vote if their grandfathers voted (Grandfather Clause.
  • 159. Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). • They could vote if their grandfathers voted (Grandfather Clause. • They must pass a test.
  • 160. Voting Rights New laws stopped Black people from voting. • Black voters must pay a tax (poll tax). • They could vote if their grandfathers voted (Grandfather Clause. • They must pass a test.
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  • 164. Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes.
  • 165. Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways.
  • 166. Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways. • wanted the South to improve more before rejoining USA.
  • 167. Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways. • wanted the South to improve more before rejoining USA. • believed President Johnson was too easy on the South.
  • 168. Radical Republicans Republicans in Congress • hated the Black Codes. • thought Southern states were returning to old ways. • wanted the South to improve more before rejoining USA. • believed President Johnson was too easy on the South.
  • 170. The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
  • 171. The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. (not Indians).
  • 172. The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. (not Indians). • State governments could not “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
  • 173. The 14th Amendment • The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. (not Indians). • State governments could not “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
  • 174. Johnson and The Radical Republicans
  • 175. Johnson and The Radical Republicans
  • 176. Johnson and The Radical Republicans • Congress was angry at President Johnson for not following Reconstruction. • Congress impeached Johnson.
  • 177. Johnson and The Radical Republicans • Congress was angry at President Johnson for not following Reconstruction. • Congress impeached Johnson.
  • 178. Impeachment • Impeachment: accusing a public official with a crime. • Try the president in the Senate. • Republicans failed to convict Johnson by one vote. • Bill Clinton: The only other impeached president.
  • 179. Impeachment • Impeachment: accusing a public official with a crime. • Try the president in the Senate. • Republicans failed to convict Johnson by one vote. • Bill Clinton: The only other impeached president.
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  • 190. Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
  • 191. Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
  • 192. Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
  • 193. Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
  • 194. Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
  • 195. Ku Klux Klan • In 1866 a group of white southerners created the Ku Klux Klan. ...a secret society against civil rights for African Americans, especially the right to vote. ...used violence and intimidation to frighten blacks. ...wore white robes and hoods to hide their identities. • The Klan murdered many people.
  • 197. The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law.
  • 198. The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law. ...African American men the right to vote.
  • 199. The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law. ...African American men the right to vote. ...Women’s rights activists were angry because the amendment did not also grant women the right to vote.
  • 200. The 15th Amendment • 1870: The 15th Amendment became law. ...African American men the right to vote. ...Women’s rights activists were angry because the amendment did not also grant women the right to vote.
  • 201. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws
  • 202. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws.
  • 203. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to
  • 204. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels;
  • 205. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters;
  • 206. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars;
  • 207. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks.
  • 208. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks. • Segregation - the legal separation of blacks and whites in public places
  • 209. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks. • Segregation - the legal separation of blacks and whites in public places • Jim Crow Laws - laws that forced segregation.
  • 210. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws • 1881: Southern states passed segregation laws. Blacks had to – stay in separate hotels; – sit in separate parts of theaters; – ride in separate rail cars; – have separate schools, libraries, and parks. • Segregation - the legal separation of blacks and whites in public places • Jim Crow Laws - laws that forced segregation.
  • 212. Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • 213. Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • 214. Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • 215. Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme COurt
  • 216. Plessy v. Ferguson Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places. Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places. The Supreme COurt
  • 217. Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places. Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but- equal” places.
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  • 241. Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. • Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but-equal” places. • Really, the African American places were “separate-and- unequal.”
  • 242. Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. • Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but-equal” places. • Really, the African American places were “separate-and- unequal.” • Segregation laws continued until 1965, 100 years after the Civil War ended.
  • 243. Plessy v. Ferguson • The Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. • Segregation was fair if African American people could go to “separate-but-equal” places. • Really, the African American places were “separate-and- unequal.” • Segregation laws continued until 1965, 100 years after the Civil War ended.
  • 244. 40 Acres and a Mule
  • 246. The Freedmen’s Bureau40 Acres and a Mule
  • 247. 40 Acres and a Mule
  • 248. 40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer.
  • 249. 40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier
  • 250. 40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier Secretary of War Stanton Secretary of War Stanton
  • 251. 40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier Secretary of War Stanton Secretary of War StantonGeneral Sherman General Sherman
  • 252. 40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier Secretary of WarStanton Secretary of WarStanton General Sherman General Sherman OKOK
  • 253. • During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. 40 Acres and a Mule We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. We want 40 acres for every Black farmer. Reverend Garrison Frazier Reverend Garrison Frazier GeneralSherman GeneralSherman Secretary of War Stanton Secretary of War Stanton OKOK
  • 254. • During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. 40 Acres and a Mule Yes, we said 40 acres.Yes, we said 40 acres. General Sherman
  • 255. • During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. • During the riots in the 1960s, some people said, “That’s for my 40 acres and a mule,” when they stole from stores. • Spike Lee’s film company: 40 Acres and a Mule. 40 Acres and a Mule
  • 256. • During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. • Spike Lee’s film company: 40 Acres and a Mule. 40 Acres and a Mule
  • 257. • During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. 40 Acres and a Mule
  • 258. • During Reconstruction, US leaders promised former slaves 40 acres of land and a mule. • The government did not keep the promise. 40 Acres and a Mule
  • 259. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 260. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 261. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 262. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 263. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 264. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 265. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 266. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 267. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 268. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 269. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 270. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 271. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 272. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 273. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 274. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 275. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 276. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 277. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 278. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 279. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 280. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 281. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 282. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 283. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 284. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 285. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 286. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 287. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 288. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 289. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 290. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.
  • 291. Reconstruction 1. Lincoln won a second presidential election in November, 1864. 2. He made his famous speech about ‘malice toward none’ during the inauguration in March 1865. 3. His goal was to reunite the states. 4. Lincoln explained his goals for Reconstruction. 5. The Confederate States of America surrendered in April, 1865. 6. Southern cities were destroyed. 7. Southern states had to support the USA and abolish slavery if they wanted to rejoin the USA. 8. Congress added the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in 1865. 9. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government office helping formerly enslaved people. 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau opened schools all over the South for African Americans. 11. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in April, 1865. 12. Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the new President. 13. Before Reconstruction, Black people were prohibited to learn reading and writing. 14. Black leaders won seats in Congress. 15. Most Southern leaders did not want black people to have rights. 16. Southern states enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of Black people. 17. Black people were forced to take tests or pay taxes to vote. 18. The Radical Republicans in Congress were angry at President Johnson and the southern state leaders for returning to old ways. 19. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship rights to all men. 20. Congress impeached Johnson for being too easy on the Southern states. 21. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that scared Black people in the South. 22. The 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. 23. Segregation meant separating Black and white people. Segregation laws were called Jim Crow laws. 24. Homer Plessy sued to stop Jim Crow laws. 25. The US government did not keep its promise to give 40 acres and a mule to former slaves.

Editor's Notes

  1. Edwin Adams, Superintendent of Schools, speaking at the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone of Lincoln High School, October 1949. Note: unfinished school in background. This was the long awaited first High School in Northeast, first request came in 1926. Photo Urban Archives, Temple University.
  2. Edwin Adams, Superintendent of Schools, speaking at the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone of Lincoln High School, October 1949. Note: unfinished school in background. This was the long awaited first High School in Northeast, first request came in 1926. Photo Urban Archives, Temple University.
  3. Richmond, VIrginia
  4. Richmond, VIrginia
  5. Charleston, South Carolina
  6. Charleston, South Carolina
  7. Charleston, South Carolina
  8. Charleston, South Carolina
  9. Charleston, South Carolina
  10. Charleston, South Carolina
  11. Zion School for Colored Children, Charleston, South Carolina. See http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/history-of-the-freedmens-bureau-in-south-carolina/
  12. Senator Blanch Bruce, Senator Hiram Revels flanking Booker T. Washington
  13. Harpers Weekly image
  14. Andrew Johnson Kicking out the Freedmen's Bureau: A political cartoon caricatures President Andrew Johnson's veto of the Freedman's Bureau bill. ILLUSTRATION BY THOMAS NAST, PROVIDED COURTESY OF HARPWEEK.
  15. On the night of March 30, 1868, George Ashburn, a Georgia politician who joined the Union during the Civil war & returned to work for the Freedmen’s Bureau, participated at a huge gathering of blacks and Republicans at Temperance Hall in Columbus, Georgia. One of the featured speakers was Henry McNeal Turner.[9] Just after midnight, Ashburn was murdered at a house on the corner of 13th and 1st street by a group of five well-dressed men wearing masks
  16. The Rex theater for colored people, Leland, Mississippi, 1937
  17. An African-American man goes into the "colored" entrance of a movie theater in Belzoni, Mississippi, 1939.[7]
  18. An African-American man drinking at a "colored" drinking fountain in a streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City, 1939.[3]
  19. White tenants seeking to prevent blacks from moving into the Sojourner Truth housing project erected this sign. Detroit, 1942.
  20. http://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/archives/image_archive.html New York's famous 369th regiment arrives home from France, 1919. Nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, the 369th Regiment was the first all-black regiment to fight in World War I. They arrived in France in 1918 and fought on the front lines for six months, longer than any other American unit during the war. Source: ca. 1919, Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, MD.
  21. White tenants seeking to prevent blacks from moving into the Sojourner Truth housing project erected this sign. Detroit, 1942.
  22. Department store Birmingham, Alabama, USA 1956
  23. Sign for "colored" waiting room at a Greyhound bus terminal in Rome, Georgia, 1943.
  24. Reverend Frazier freed himself and his wife. He led a group of 20 religious leaders who met with Secretary Stanton and General William Sherma as they planned Reconstruction.
  25. Reverend Frazier freed himself and his wife. He led a group of 20 religious leaders who met with Secretary Stanton and General William Sherma as they planned Reconstruction.
  26. Reverend Frazier freed himself and his wife. He led a group of 20 religious leaders who met with Secretary Stanton and General William Sherma as they planned Reconstruction.
  27. Reverend Frazier freed himself and his wife. He led a group of 20 religious leaders who met with Secretary Stanton and General William Sherma as they planned Reconstruction.
  28. Reverend Frazier freed himself and his wife. He led a group of 20 religious leaders who met with Secretary Stanton and General William Sherma as they planned Reconstruction.
  29. Reverend Frazier freed himself and his wife. He led a group of 20 religious leaders who met with Secretary Stanton and General William Sherma as they planned Reconstruction.
  30. Reverend Frazier freed himself and his wife. He led a group of 20 religious leaders who met with Secretary Stanton and General William Sherma as they planned Reconstruction.
  31. http://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/archives/image_archive.html He's Willing, He's Capable, and We Need Him - Use Him!" (1943). This cartoon encourages defense industry employers to hire African American workers. Source: Office of War Information, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD.
  32. United We Win [World War II Poster] (1943) In an effort to counter the demoralizing effect of racial segregation and discrimination, the U.S. government launched several campaigns that highlighted the contributions of African Americans to the war effort. Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. http://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/archives/image_archive.html