During Reconstruction after the Civil War, there was debate around how to treat the defeated South. Radical Republicans favored harsh policies like slow readmission to the Union and maintaining troops in the South. President Andrew Johnson wanted more lenient treatment like what Lincoln supported, with generosity towards the South. However, Johnson's dismissal of Congress led to impeachment proceedings. By 1877, Northern troops withdrew from the South and local governments regained control, enacting segregationist laws. Westward expansion was spurred by mining for gold and silver, cattle ranching on the open range, and farming enabled by the Homestead Act. The Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869, connected the country and facilitated westward migration and transport of goods using

1. State Standards 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

2. Reconstruction
 Civil War is over!
 How do deal with the
South after the Civil War?
 Radical Republicans
 Hard on the South
 Slow readmission to the
Union and Maintain Troops
in the South
 President Andrew Johnson
 Wants to continue what
President Lincoln started
 Policy of generosity towards
the South

3. Reconstruction.
 President Andrew
Johnson
 Johnson wanted to
ignore Congress and
not punish the South
 Articles of
impeachment are voted
on
 Impeached by the South
 Senate fails to convict him
 Results in him not being
impeached

4. Reconstruction..
 1877
 Northern troops are removed from the South
 Local Southern governments take over
 Enact laws which segregated blacks and whites and kept
African Americans from becoming involved in society

5. GO WEST!
Rocky Great
Mountains Plains

6. GO WEST!.
 Reasons to GO WEST
1. Mining
 Gold, Silver, Mining Towns
 Wild West
2. Cattle Kingdom
 Open Range
 Barbed Wire
 Makes it easier for settlers to contain their cattle
3. Farming on the Plains
 Homestead Act
 Each adult head of household given land if he or she lived on and
developed that land for five years
 Convinced people to settle the West

7. Agriculture and Ranching Post Civil War
COTTON , TOBACCO, RICE– SOUTHEAST
CATTLE- WEST
CORN & WHEAT- MIDWEST

8. Transcontinental Railroad
 Railroad
 People began moving
West by way of the
railroad
 As more railroads were
built their became more
need for mining coal
 This is because coal
powered the steam engine
 Boom Towns
 Railroad is KING

9. Transcontinental Railroad.
 1862
 Pacific Railway Act
 Railroads given federal
lands to sell if they build
railroad
 Land could be sold for a
profit to settlers
 Central Pacific Railroad
Company
 Starts in
Sacramento, California
 Union Pacific Railroad
Company
 Starts in Omaha, Nebraska

11. Building the Railroad
 Central Pacific Railroad
 Used Chinese
Immigrants to build
their part
 Worked harder and for
less than Americans

12. Building the Railroad.
 Union Pacific Railroad
 Used many veterans of
the Civil War to build
their part
 Company involved in
many scandals (Credit
Mobilier)
 AMC’s show Hell On
Wheels

14. Transcontinental Railroad.
 Promontory, Utah
 May 10, 1869
 Transcontinental
Railroad completed
 Allows goods, cattle, and
farm products to crisscross
the country

16. Railroads develop quickly, 11 Years later