1. Ch. 18 – Reconstruction (1865 – 1877)
Rebuild the southern states
Bring the southern states back into the country

2. Lincoln assassinated John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theater watching a play

3. becomes the President after Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
becomes the President after Lincoln
13th – abolish slavery 14th - granted former slaves citizenship 15th amendment – former slaves can vote

4. Freedmen’s Bureau Provided food, housing, medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance to former slaves

5. Make sure you know the 3 amendments and what they are!
Congress passed the
13th, 14th, 15th amendments
Make sure you know the 3 amendments and what they are!

6. African Americans like Hiram Revels are elected to Congress

7. Examples of Black Codes:
Laws passed by Southern states that limited the new found freedom of former slaves
Examples of Black Codes:
former slaves cannot own guns, rent or own houses, be out after dark, serve on a jury

8. Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is created.
The KKK is an organization that uses violence & fear to keep former slaves from being free.

9. Plessy v Ferguson – Supreme Court ruled separate- but-equal was legal
Jim Crow Laws
Segregation in schools, restaurants, buses, careers was legal

10. Review of Reconstruction
The Good
Freedmen’s Bureau
13th, 14th, 15th amendments
African Americans win elections & join the government
The Bad
Black Codes
KKK – rise of violence
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Jim Crow Laws