1. The Crises of Reconstruction 1865-1877

2. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868
Who were the main Radical Republicans during the Civil War and what was their main goal at the end of the war?

3. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Lincoln’s Plan
How did Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction differ from Radical Republicans’ plan?

4. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Lincoln’s Plan
What is the significance of the Wade Davis Bill?

5. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Reconstruction under Johnson
Explain Johnson’s position on slavery and his initial plan for Reconstruction

6. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Reconstruction under Johnson
How did the South develop under Presidential Reconstruction?
Who was Alexander Stephens? Why is he significant?

7. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Reconstruction under Johnson
What were the Black Codes? Why were they significant?

8. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Reconstruction under Johnson
Explain the bills initially drafted by Congress under Johnson.
How did Johnson respond to these bills?
Did any of the bills pass? Why is this significant?

9. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 The Fourteenth Amendment 1866
Explain significance of Fourteenth Amendment
What was the significance of Johnson’s “swing around the circle?”

10. Describe Congressional Reconstruction Called
Reconstruction Politics Congressional Reconstruction
Describe Congressional Reconstruction Called
Explain the Reconstruction Act of 1867

11. How did Thaddeus Stevens want to establish land reform in the South?
Reconstruction Politics Congressional Reconstruction
How did Thaddeus Stevens want to establish land reform in the South?
Why is this significant?

12. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Impeachment Crisis 1867-1868
What was the Tenure of Office Act?
What was the additional clause to the army appropriations bill?
Why are these two pieces of legislation significant?

13. Reconstruction Politics 1865-1868 Impeachment Crisis 1867-1868
Describe the specific motivation behind the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
Why is this significant?

14. In what ways did the 15th Amendment impact women’s suffrage?
Reconstruction Politics th Amendment and Question of Women’s Suffrage
In what ways did the 15th Amendment impact women’s suffrage?

15. What was the significance of Minor v. Happersett
Reconstruction Politics th Amendment and Question of Women’s Suffrage
What was the significance of Minor v. Happersett

16. Reconstruction Governments New Electorate
How did the Republicans attempt to attract new electorate of the south?
Describe the stereotypical Northern “carpetbaggers.”

17. Reconstruction Governments New Electorate
Describe the stereotypical Southern “scalawags”

18. Reconstruction Governments Republicans Rule
Describe how freedmen gained political power during Radical Reconstruction.

19. Reconstruction Governments Republican Rule
What changes did the new Republican government make in the South?
What were some of the problems associated with these Reconstructed governments?

20. Reconstruction Governments Counterattacks
In what ways did the south issue a counterattack on Reconstruction policies?

21. Reconstruction Governments Counterattack
Describe how vigilante groups like the Ku Klux Klan affected southern society.
How did the federal government deal with these terrorist organizations?

22. The Impact of Emancipation Confronting Freedom
How did freedom impact black mobility and family?

23. The Impact of Emancipation: Black Institutions
In what ways were black institutions impacted by emancipation?

24. The Impact of Emancipation Land, Labor and Sharecropping
Describe how sharecropping developed in the South.

25. New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876 Grantism
In what ways was Grant’s presidency plagued with controversy?

26. New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876 The Liberals’ Revolt
In what ways was the Liberal Republican revolt a turning point in Reconstruction history?
Who was Horace Greeley? Why was he significant?
What was the Amnesty Act? Why was it significant?

27. New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876 Panic 1873
What was the significance of the Panic of 1873?

28. New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876 Reconstruction and the Constitution
How did the Supreme Court play a role in weakening Northern support for Reconstruction?
Ex parte Milligan 1866
Texas v. White 1869
Slaughterhouse Cases 1873
US v. Reese and US v. Cruikshank 1876

29. New Concerns in the North,1868-1876 Republicans in Retreat
How did the Republicans gradually disengage from Reconstruction?

30. Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876-1877 Redeeming the South
How did the collapse of the Republicans in the South impact Reconstruction?
Who were the Redeemers? Why are they significant?
What was the “Mississippi Plan” and the White League?

31. Reconstruction Abandoned 1876-1877 Compromise of 1877
Explain the significance of the Compromise of 1877