Republican Rule Topics: Carpetbaggers and Scalawags 15th Amendment African American Communities Southern Resistance Disenfranchisement KKK Do now: Pg. 258 #1 and 2 Establishing African American colleges Pg. 259 Critical Thinking Question right side of pg. Homework: Read and Complete Lesson 3 if not already done

Carpetbaggers and Scalawags Southerners viewed Northerners who moved to the South as intruders seeking to exploit the South and referred to them as carpetbaggers. Scalawags Southerners also disliked white Southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction, referring to them as scalawags. Raised taxes to pay for building of infrastructure, schools. Political corruption occurred all over US

Fifteenth Amendment Forbids US or any state denying right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude

Fifteenth Amendment The Fifteenth Amendment allowed many formerly enslaved African Americans to become legislators and administrators in the South. The Republican Party was successful in large part due to the support of poor, white farmers.

State Constitutions Had both white and black delegates Many followed rules of Congress Created new social welfare programs

African American Communities Churches often became the center of African American communities and promoted social values, settled disputes, and disciplined individuals. Reconstruction governments built a comprehensive public school system in the South and by 1876, about 40 percent of African American children attended school. African American academies grew into a network of African American colleges and universities.

Southern Resistance Some Southerners organized secret societies to terrorize African Americans and white supporters of Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan broke up Republican meetings drove Freedmen’s Bureau officials out of their communities burned African American homes, schools, and churches, and attempted to keep African Americans and white Republicans from voting Radicals only controlled South if blacks were voting Grant tried to ban KKK, but southern governments don’t enforce it

Southern Resistance The Enforcement Acts made it a federal crime to interfere with a citizen’s right to vote, put federal elections under the supervision of federal marshals outlawed the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.

Disenfranchisement Disenfranchisement refers to actions that prevent people from voting. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited disenfranchisement on the basis of race or prior enslavement. Southern states who were still against voting rights for all Americans came up with a variety of ways to keep African Americans away from the polls. These included acts of violence, charging a poll tax, stuffing ballot boxes, and requiring voters to take a literacy test.

Reflection Question In what ways did Reconstruction help African Americans? In what ways did it fail them?