(How Do We Put the Union Back Together?) Reconstruction (How Do We Put the Union Back Together?) www.bluecerealeducation.com
The War Is Over The North Won Abraham Lincoln… Slavery is Over The Reconstruction Amendments… Dealing w/ the South…?
Dealing With the South How Hard Should It Be for the South? “Carpetbaggers” Federal Troops Legislation to Protect Freedmen
Reality for Freedmen Free is Better than Not Free “40 Acres & A Mule” Options..? Tenant Farming / Sharecropping Education..? KKK & such
Southern resistance Black Codes / ‘Jim Crow’ “States’ Rights” Drag Drag Drag Election of 1876 Compromise of 1877
But In ‘Indian Territory’…
Why Didn’t Reconstruction Work Better? Determination to ‘Reconstruct’ More than ‘Conquer’. Entrenched Status / Power of White Male Landowners Freedom w/o Land? Education? Power? Poor Political Leadership (Johnson / RRs / Etc.) The North was Tired of Fighting It / Didn’t Really Want to Deal With It Anymore
But In ‘Indian Territory’… Greater Rights / Opportunities for Freedmen Than ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. Problem: Who Belongs Here? Problem: Which ‘Race’ are Amerindians? Problem: The Rest of the Nation is Filling Up Quickly…
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