Knights Charge 1/20 Get your number from Mr. T as you walk in and find your desk Grab a sheet off the wooden chair that says “Setting the Stage” and complete it

Knight Charge 1/21 Take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions… What was the period after the Civil War trying to rebuild the South known as? What were two plans to try to readmit Southern states back into the Union? What three Amendments were passed? What did they each do? What organization was founded to help newly freed slaves? What event marked the end of Reconstruction?

Reconstruction and the “New south” (1865-1877)

Focusing Points… What were some strategies used by the Government to “Reconstruct” the South after the Civil War How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments impact the American people? What is the “New South”?

Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan Lincoln wanted to be forgiving Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan- only ten percent of each state had to take oath to the Union to be forgiven

Radical Republicans oppose Lincoln Many Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South Felt that the Confederacy committed a crime by leaving the union

Wade- Davis Bill Wade-Davis Bill- required that a majority of a state must pledge allegiance to the union before being brought back into union

Amendments during Reconstruction 13th Amendment- Ended the practice of slavery 14th Amendment- Granted freed people citizenship 15th Amendment- Protected a citizen’s right to vote regardless of race

Emancipated Slaves and the Freedmans’ Bureau To help newly freed slaves, the Freedman’s Bureau helped them find shelter, food, and education

Jim Crow South Begins… South still aimed to limit the rights of African Americans Black Codes- laws designed to limit African Americans rights Jim Crow Laws- established segregation in the South

Ku Klux Klan

Rebuilding Southern Economy Sharecropping- Poor farmers would borrow land from landowners and “share” the crops Keeps poor people and freed blacks in debt Landowning rich maintained control

Rebuilding Southern Politics Scalawags- People from the South who supported the Union Carpetbaggers- People from the North who traveled South to take advantage of the rebuilding process

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Due to tensions between the North and South after the war... John Wilkes Booth assassinates Abraham Lincoln at Ford Theater on April 15, 1865 Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States Greatly angers Radical Republicans in Congress

End of Reconstruction In the Election of 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden tie in the electoral college. Compromise of 1877- Rutherford B. Hayes is made president and ends Reconstruction

The “New South” Begins During and after Reconstruction, the South continues to rebuild The term “New South” refers to the South’s struggle to become an industrial region like the North The South never truly escapes its agricultural identity and remains poor

Once your are finished… Turn in your sheet into your class’s box Take a sheet that’s called “Unit 1 overview” Take a textbook out of the box located at the front of the room