Ch. 18 – Reconstruction (1865 – 1877) Rebuild the southern states Bring the southern states back into the country
Lincoln assassinated John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theater watching a play
becomes the President after Lincoln Andrew Johnson becomes the President after Lincoln 13th – abolish slavery 14th - granted former slaves citizenship 15th amendment – former slaves can vote
Freedmen’s Bureau Provided food, housing, medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance to former slaves
Make sure you know the 3 amendments and what they are! Congress passed the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments Make sure you know the 3 amendments and what they are!
African Americans like Hiram Revels are elected to Congress
Examples of Black Codes: Laws passed by Southern states that limited the new found freedom of former slaves Examples of Black Codes: former slaves cannot own guns, rent or own houses, be out after dark, serve on a jury
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is created. The KKK is an organization that uses violence & fear to keep former slaves from being free.
Plessy v Ferguson – Supreme Court ruled separate- but-equal was legal Jim Crow Laws Segregation in schools, restaurants, buses, careers was legal
Review of Reconstruction The Good Freedmen’s Bureau 13th, 14th, 15th amendments African Americans win elections & join the government The Bad Black Codes KKK – rise of violence Plessy vs. Ferguson Jim Crow Laws