Reconstruction
Reconstruction: Period of rebuilding the South 2 types of Reconstruction (1) Presidential (Lincoln) (2) Congressional/Radical
Big Brother Analogy Carthaginian Peace (Punic Wars) vs. forgiveness
T-chart (pg. 133) Presidential Reconstruction Congressional Reconstruction
Presidential Reconstruction Lincoln’s peace Forgiveness (pledge loyalty) 10% plan (when 10% of voters took oath, organize a new state gov’t banning slaver then readmit) Lincoln vetoed Wade-Davis Bill Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth > Andrew Johnson Pres. Johnson continues > pardons / amnesty (forgiveness)
Congressional/Radical Reconstruction Carthaginian Peace Led by Radical Republicans Wade-Davis Bill Passes Reconstruction Acts (14 th Amendment) + military districts
Freedman’s Bureau What was the Freedman’s Bureau? (pg. 134) What did it do? How did Johnson react?
Southern Reaction What are Black Codes (pg. 133) Ku Klux Klan (Que Klux Klan) Initially a social gathering for ex- Confederates to complain Nathaniel Bedford Forrest led Que = circle (brotherhood) Begin lynching – mob murders Targeted Blacks, Jews & Catholics
Amendments Explain the significance of the following: 13 th Amendment (pg. 130) 14 th Amendment (pg. 134) 15 th Amendment (pg. 135)
Elsewhere in the South With a partner, define these terms Scalawags (pg. 135) Carpetbaggers (135)
Economic Changes With the same partner, define these terms: Sharecropping (pg. 136) Tenant Farming (pg. 136)