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Unit 9: The Civil War & Reconstruction - Reconstruction pt. 2
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Bell Ringer: What were the Amendments passed during Reconstruction? And what did each of them say? ________________
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14th- Equal Protection of the Laws
Civil War Amendments 13th- Ends Slavery 14th- Equal Protection of the Laws 15th- Right to Vote not Denied by Race
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Reconstruction Plans Congress fights back by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866 created federal guarantees to civil rights and overrode state laws attacks black codes President Johnson vetoed the act And then Congress overrode veto with ⅔ majority (first time in U.S. history!)
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Radical Reconstruction
Congress passes the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into 5 military districts except Tenn. b/c passed the 14th amendment a union general was in charge of each district
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Radical Reconstruction
Congress passes Tenure of Office Act limited power of President to hire and fire gov’t officials to keep him from firing Radical Republicans in cabinet
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Radical Reconstruction
Johnson fires Sec. of War Edwin Stanton (Rad Rep) ticks off Congress H.O.R. vote to impeach him b/c he violated the Tenure of Office Act Senate is the jury (decided yes or no) missed getting kicked out of office by 1 vote for the remainder of time in office causes no trouble
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Reconstruction in the South
Ulysses S. Grant - Republican won the 1868 election (war hero) the black vote was important in the election of 1868 African Americans voted Republican
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Reconstruction in the South
By 1870 all of the Southern states have met the requirements to rejoin the Union the United States is reunited again
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Reconstruction in the South
Political change for African Americans begin voting at higher rates vote Republican (keeping them in power) begin to hold gov’t jobs sheriffs, police chiefs, state legislatures, 16 seats in Congress Hiram Revels: first black senator, from Mississippi (ironically, he took Jefferson Davis’ seat)
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Reconstruction in the South
scalawags - white Southerners who joined the Republican Party carpetbaggers - Northerners who moved South after the war some came to help, most came to take advantage
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Virtual Day Assignment
Reconstruction Webquest DUE TODAY Use your phone with QR code OR Use a Chromebook
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