Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South Explain how Republicans gained control of southern state governments. Discuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the South’s new economic system. Summarize efforts to limit African Americans’ rights and the federal government’s response. Objectives

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South What were the immediate effects of Reconstruction? African Americans voted Groups like Ku Klux Klan were created

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South During Reconstruction, Republicans gained control of southern state governments through the ballot box. Thousands of black men exercised their new right to vote.*

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South The Republican Party attracted people who wanted opportunities to make money in the South. Critics saw scalawags and carpetbaggers as opportunists making their fortune off of the South’s misfortune. scalawags White southern men who had been locked out of pre-war politics* carpetbaggers White and black northerners who moved to the South to take advantage of the many post-war opportunities there*

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South Reconstruction state constitutions mandated the creation of the public school system. Grew slowly in the South. The system was expensive due to segregation. Some Republicans proposed integration.

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South Reconstruction also offered white and black women opportunities they did not find in the North. New roles in the school system.

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South The South had many problems that made success challenging. What do you think those problems were?

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South The South had many problems that made success challenging. Illiteracy Poor medical care Poor housing Slow economy Racial violence

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South Ku Klux Klan, organized to terrorize African Americans. The Klan burned black schools and churches.

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South Congress passed: Enforcement Acts - reduced racial violence. Federal crime to interfere with a citizen’s right to vote. Indict Klansmen throughout the South. Violence declined, racial hatred persisted. The Enforcement Acts, 1870, 1871

Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 2 Reconstruction in the South sharecropping share-tenancy tenant farming New work arrangements for African American farmers developed. Take out books and define: