1. Social Reconstruction

2. People
Carpetbaggers-people from the north that took advantage of people from the south
Scalawags-people from the south that took advantage of other southerners.

3. Conflict
Freedmen’s Bureau- Established to make sure former slaves votes (teach them to read and write) PROBLEM: Ended up a social help organization food, clothes, shelter,etc..
KKK- established 1865 Pulaski Tenn. to make sure former slaves did NOT vote.

4. Religion
Some denominations reunited when the war ended and some did not.
Reunited: Episcopalians Methodist
Did NOT reunite: Baptist and Presbyterian
Henry Turner- established the A.M. E church

5. Education Freedmen’s Bureau Morehouse Clark
Gustavus J Orr-father of public education “free to all children of the state” 1870 one per county