1. The Second Civil War
Reconstruction

2. What is reconstruction?
The process the federal government used to re admit the Confederate states back into the Union.
What else must be changed or fixed in the US?

3. Lincoln’s plan Pardoning Confederate officials.
All Southern states to quickly form new governments and return to Congress.
Freedmen’s Bureau

4. Johnson takes office Southern Democrat Slaveholder
Stubborn and unyielding
Most policies based on Lincoln’s goals, but personal prejudice often got in the way.

5. Rebuilding brings conflict
“White man’s government”
Black Codes
Must have proof of employment
Could not testify against whites in court
Trouble in congress
Refused to seat representatives from the South

6. Radical republicans Led by Thaddeus Stevens
Wanted Congress NOT the president to control Reconstruction
Much stricter regulations for readmitting Southern states
James Wilson
Otis Schweestache
Thaddeus Stevens

7. Radical reconstruction
Civil Rights Act of 1866
14th Amendment
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
South divided in 5 military districts
New state constitutions approved by Congress
Ratify the 14th amendment

8. New southern governments
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Freedmen

9. Johnson is impeached
After vetoing one too many bills Johnson is impeached.
Remains in office by one vote

10. Responding to freedom Travel in search of family Get an education
Find work

11. 40 Acres and a mule Freedmen’s dream was to own land.
US government makes an empty promise
Land legally belonged to whites

12. Slavery to sharecropping
Contract system
Sharecropping
Rent land, seed, tools
Pay landlord with % of crop
Cycle of debt and poverty

13. The Ku klux klan
Hateful, white terrorist group that used fear and violence to intimidate.

14. The election of grant
1868
15th amendment
Grant fights the Klan

15. Scandal and Panic Reputation tarnished Panic of 1873
People lose interest in Reconstruction

16. Reconstruction ends Compromise of 1877 Hayes becomes president
No federal troops in South
Federal $ for infrastructure in South
Southern Democrats MUST respect African American rights