1. Reconstruction and african americans
The Civil War ends and the repairing of America begins.

2. BACKGROUND
The Union victory in the Civil War resulted in a devastated and destroyed southern way of life. The SOUTH was in need of repair.
The next twelve years in America were called Reconstruction.

4. CARPETBAGGERS RECONSTRUCTION
DURING THIS TIME, SOME NORTHERNERS DECIDED TO MOVE SOUTH TO HELP.
THE SOUTHERNERS SAW THEM AS OPPORTUNISTS AND CALLED THEM
CARPETBAGGERS

6. THEY WERE SEEN AS TRAITORS AND CALLED
RECONSTRUCTION
ALSO DURING THIS TIME, THERE WERE SOUTHERNERS WHO CHANGED THEIR VIEWS AND BEGAN TO SUPPORT THE NORTHERNERS.
THEY WERE SEEN AS TRAITORS AND CALLED
SCALAWAGS

8. LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
Less than a week after the Civil War ended, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a white southerner, who opposed Lincoln’s political policies.

14. ANDREW JOHNSON
Vice President Andrew Johnson became the new President.

15. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT WAS TO “OFFICIALLY” END SLAVERY.

16. 13th Amendment
FREED SLAVES EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES FOREVER.

17. 13TH AMENDMENT

18. 13TH AMENDMENT
NOW THAT THEY WERE FREE, WHERE DID SLAVES GO ?

19. FREEDOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!
MOST SLAVES STAYED IN THE SOUTH . In fact … THE MAJORITY OF BLACKS TO THIS VERY DAY ARE STILL LOCATED IN THE SOUTH .

21. OK…SLAVES ARE FREE..NOW WHAT ?
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? HOW DO YOU LIVE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SURVIVE?

22. 40 ACRES and a MULE
General Sherman from the Union Army proposed an idea to provide freed slaves with 40 acres and a mule to help them become productive and independent.

25. FYI
Film producer, director and writer Spike Lee named his production company 40 Acres and a Mule.

28. GOVERNMENT HELP
The federal government also stepped into to provide assistance to needy Black families.

29. THE FREEDMENS BUREAU
A government agency set up to give AFRICAN AMERICANS help with:
FOOD
CLOTHING
MEDICAL SERVICES
SCHOOLS

30. FYI
SIMILAR TO FAMILIES TODAY WHO RECEIVE WIC.

31. The SOUTH was very much OPPOSED TO IT .

32. VETOED
President Johnson vetoed the Freedmen’s Bureau bills twice and rejected the offer of giving Blacks 40 acres and a mule.

34. PRESIDENT JOHNSON
MAJOR SUPPORTER OF STATES RIGHTS. AGAINST ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT. Did not want to further upset the southerners

35. The South was free to pass laws to keep Blacks under control
The South was free to pass laws to keep Blacks under control. They passed laws called BLACK CODES

37. BLACK CODES
CANNOT OWN PROPERTY COULD NOT OWN GUNS COULD NOT TESTIFY IN COURT AGAINST A WHITE PERSON
CAN NOT MARRY A WHITE PERSON. MUST SIGN A LABOR CONTRACT FOR A YEAR. CAN NOT ASSEMBLE UNLESS 1 WHITE PERSON WAS THERE

38. FEDERAL HELP
Congress overrode President Johnson’s veto and passed two very important amendments to give African Americans rights they never had.

39. 14 th AMENDMENT
Granted full citizenship to ALL people regardless of color if they were born in the United States.
This overturned the previous and infamous Dred Scott decision.

40. 15th Amendment
Granted ALL Black Men the RIGHT TO VOTE!!!

41. OPPOSITION
SOUTHERN STATES exercised their rights and found different ways to keep Blacks from voting:
WHAT WERE THEY……..?

42. GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
Black men were given the right to vote ONLY if they could prove that their grandfather was able to vote before the Civil War.

43. POLL TAX
Black men were able to vote only if they could pay a fee at the poll.

44. LITERACY TESTS
Black men were given the right to vote ONLY if they could pass a test that required them to know specific information about the government.

45. Take the Literacy Test to see if you would be allowed to vote.

46. KU KLUX KLAN
Formed in Tennessee, groups of White men (in many cases, undercover policemen), used violence and scare tactics to keep Blacks from going to the polls to vote.

48. KKK
The KKK would visit the Black leaders and prominent people of the community before elections to send the message that trying to organize Blacks would result in violence and in many cases DEATH.

52. THE KKK TODAY…..
The KKK is still active today but they aren’t as large as before and they aren’t as active either. WHY DO YOU THINK SO? …….

53. Teachable Moment

64. READ…KKK LETTER
The KKK “allegedly” wrote a letter to Black gang members years ago, thanking them for the killing and slaughter of one another. Let’s examine it.

65. TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!
States are still creating ways to prevent Blacks from voting. 1. REDUCING HOURS to do EARLY VOTING 2. MANDATORY VOTER ID LAWS 3. VOTING MACHINE TAMPERING

66. BLACK POLITICIANS
Despite the tactics to keep Blacks from voting, they STILL would not be denied.

67. P.B.S. PINCHBACK
The first African American to serve as a governor in the United States. (LOUISIANA)

68. JOSEPH RAINEY (South Carolina)
The first African American to serve in the House of Representatives
(South Carolina)

69. HIRAM REVELS (Mississippi)
The first African American to become a Senator in the United States Congress.
(Mississippi)

71. Teachable Moment

72. TODAY…!!! HOW MANY CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE SENATE ARE BLACK ?
OUT OF A TOTAL 100

73. TIM SCOTT (R)

74. TODAY !!!! HOW MANY CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ARE BLACK ?
OUT OF A TOTAL OF 435

77. GEORGE K. BUTTERFIELD
The ONLY African American Representative from North Carolina.
Yes he’s Black – lol.
Both of his parents were MIXED.

78. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS
SINCE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR OWN GROUP THAT IS MADE UP OF ONLY BLACK MEMBERS. THE GROUP IS MADE UP OF BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS

80. ONE OF THESE GUYS ISN’T A MEMBER GUESS WHICH ONE.

81. IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS
(R) TIM SCOTT
IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS

82. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
Why do you think African Americans are not into politics, laws, and government as much as they are into sports and entertainment.