1. Radical Reconstruction 1865-1877
Unit 6-1

2. The Civil War,
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3. Photograph of ruins in Richmond, Virginia, taken in 1865
Reconstruction Era
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Photograph of ruins in Richmond, Virginia, taken in 1865

4. Major Questions After the Civil War
How should the South be rebuilt?
How should the states that seceded be brought back into the Union?
How should former slaves be incorporated into the country as freed men and women?

5. Punishment for the Confederate States?
Should people who fought against the United States be punished?
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Illustration of the Attack on Fort Sumter from 1861

6. African Americans in the South
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Photograph of an enslaved family in
South Carolina taken in 1862

7. Post War Changes Radical Reconstruction
Prevent Confederates from gaining power after the war
Promote black political equality
Use military to enforce law and order in the South

8. Post War Changes 13th Amendment – ends slavery
14th Amendment – granted citizenship to blacks
15th Amendment – blacks can vote in elections

9. Post War Changes Freedmen’s Bureau
Helped former black slaves gain food, housing, education, and jobs

11. Post War Changes
Black Codes – laws that limited blacks legal rights in the South
Ku Klux Klan – white terrorist group that attack and threaten blacks in the South

14. Post War Changes Compromise of 1877 Reconstruction ends in the South
Federal troops no longer enforcing laws or protecting blacks
White Democrats regain control of South