1. (How Do We Put the Union Back Together?)
Reconstruction
(How Do We Put the Union Back Together?)

2. The War Is Over The North Won Abraham Lincoln… Slavery is Over
The Reconstruction Amendments…
Dealing w/ the South…?

3. Dealing With the South How Hard Should It Be for the South?
“Carpetbaggers”
Federal Troops
Legislation to Protect Freedmen

4. Reality for Freedmen Free is Better than Not Free “40 Acres & A Mule”
Options..?
Tenant Farming / Sharecropping
Education..?
KKK & such

5. Southern resistance Black Codes / ‘Jim Crow’ “States’ Rights”
Drag Drag Drag
Election of 1876
Compromise of 1877

6. But In ‘Indian Territory’…

7. Why Didn’t Reconstruction Work Better?
Determination to ‘Reconstruct’ More than ‘Conquer’.
Entrenched Status / Power of White Male Landowners
Freedom w/o Land? Education? Power?
Poor Political Leadership (Johnson / RRs / Etc.)
The North was Tired of Fighting It / Didn’t Really Want to Deal With It Anymore

8. But In ‘Indian Territory’…
Greater Rights / Opportunities for Freedmen Than ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.
Problem: Who Belongs Here?
Problem: Which ‘Race’ are Amerindians?
Problem: The Rest of the Nation is Filling Up Quickly…

9. Uh-Oh…