Introduction To Reconstruction After the Civil War By Stephen Reed

Terms to Understand: Presidential Reconstruction Congressional Reconstruction “Radical” Reconstruction

Impeachment President Johnson and Congressional Republicans increasingly came into conflict over Reconstruction Policies. Congressional Republicans turn to impeachment as the method to remove Johnson from the Presidency Impeachment is a 2 Step Process: 1.The House votes articles of Impeachment (to impeach means “to accuse and bring to trial”). 2.If the Senate votes to “convict” the President, he is then removed from office. The Senate failed by one vote to convict Johnson.

The South is Divided into 5 Military Occupation Districts

Radical Reconstruction The First Reconstruction Act of 1867 “Black Codes” The 14th Amendment The 15th Amendment Debate in Women’s Movement over whether to press for suffrage Ku Klux Klan

The End of Reconstruction 2 Major Events brought the Era of Reconstruction to an end in 1877: 1.The Presidential Election of “The Compromise of 1877” Hayes got all disputed electoral votes Democrats got all Federal Troops removed from the South