1. Reconstruction Under Congress

2. How did the beliefs and ideals of the North and South during the Civil War influence the social, political, and economic decisions of this time?

3. During reconstruction Southern states were free to pass laws called black codes. These laws denied African American men the right to vote or act as jurors. Black people also could not own guns, take certain jobs, or own land. These laws made life for African Americans much like it was under slavery.

4. The Republicans took control during reconstruction and did not trust President Johnson because he was a Southerner and a past Democrat. Congress thought Johnson’s plan was too easy on the south so they developed a new plan for reconstruction.

5. The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to help the 4 million former slaves after the war. The Freedman’s Bureau built hospitals and schools in the south.

6. Many white Southerners did not like the changes brought on by reconstruction. They felt the new laws were being forced on them by outsiders.

7. Northerners who came south to start a business were called carpetbaggers, because they arrived carrying their belongings in suitcases made of carpet. Southerners who supported Reconstruction were called scalawags. Carpetbaggers and scalawags were accused of trying to profit off the hardships in the south.

8. Radical Republicans Wanted strict rules and conditions for former slave states, wanted to protect former slaves, and have every person to have equal rights.

9. Ku Klux Klan Wanted to return Southern whites to power
Ku Klux Klan Wanted to return Southern whites to power. They would burn the schools and homes of African Americans and attack blacks trying to vote. Due to the violence Union soldiers were sent to supervise elections.