Radical Reconstruction 1865-1877 Unit 6-1

The Civil War, 1861-1865 Image retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_map_1864_Civil_War_divisions.svg

Photograph of ruins in Richmond, Virginia, taken in 1865 Reconstruction Era Image retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/91787369/ Photograph of ruins in Richmond, Virginia, taken in 1865

Major Questions After the Civil War How should the South be rebuilt? How should the states that seceded be brought back into the Union? How should former slaves be incorporated into the country as freed men and women?

Punishment for the Confederate States? Should people who fought against the United States be punished? Image retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90711987/ Illustration of the Attack on Fort Sumter from 1861

African Americans in the South Image retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98504449/ Photograph of an enslaved family in South Carolina taken in 1862

Post War Changes Radical Reconstruction Prevent Confederates from gaining power after the war Promote black political equality Use military to enforce law and order in the South

Post War Changes 13th Amendment – ends slavery 14th Amendment – granted citizenship to blacks 15th Amendment – blacks can vote in elections

Post War Changes Freedmen’s Bureau Helped former black slaves gain food, housing, education, and jobs

Post War Changes Black Codes – laws that limited blacks legal rights in the South Ku Klux Klan – white terrorist group that attack and threaten blacks in the South

Post War Changes Compromise of 1877 Reconstruction ends in the South Federal troops no longer enforcing laws or protecting blacks White Democrats regain control of South