Radical Reconstruction and freedmen Did Radical Reconstruction (1867-77) succeed or fail in protecting/ assisting freedmen? What were the most significant changes in the lives of freedmen?
Radical Reconstruction…. Freedmen’s Bureau in South to assist freedmen 14th Amendment- equal citizenship 15th Amendment- can’t deny vote based on race Reconstruction Act- South under military control…
Under Reconstruction, Republican government control the South: scalawags- white southern “traitors” who cooperate with the Republican governments Carpetbaggers- northern Republicans who move into the south Freedmen- former slaves (90% Republican) 1867 cartoon- military registering freedmen to vote 1868 cartoon 1872 cartoon
Voting/ Political Power
Movement: How many “moved”? Those who did, where did they go?
Reunification of families
Education
RELIGION/ ORGANIZATIONS: African American churches, schools, volunteer groups form…
Sharecropping/ tenant farming HW: Was this system fair? How is it like slavery? Different? How did it lead to a “cycle of debt”?
Did Radical Reconstruction (1867-77) succeed or fail in protecting/ assisting freedmen?
Closure What are the 3 most important changes for freedmen during Reconstruction? Why? Voting Movement Reunification of fams Education New organizations Sharecropping
What is the message?
Political Cartoons Thomas Nast SOURCING- Made cartoons for Harper’s Weekly, a NORTHERN magazine SOURCING- Do you think he’d be with President Johnson (lenient) or the Radical Republicans (punish the south, provide rights to freedmen)?
Shall I trust these men and not this man?
COMPROMISE OF 1877 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tknVMkVDUto Why is it called the “the Great Betrayal”? PREDICTION: What will happen with the return of “home rule” in the South?