1. Reconstruction: Creating a “New South”

2. A New South
Reconstruction is the time period when the US rebuilt and readmitted the South ( )
First led by Andrew Johnson, Lincoln’s VP
3 Amendments added to the Constitution:
13th Amendment - slavery abolished
14th Amendment – defines American citizenship
15th Amendment – Blacks allowed to vote
Freedmen’s Bureau- new program to provide services (ex: education, medical care) to former slaves

4. Lincoln’s Plan vs. Johnson’s Plan
State readmitted if 10% of voters swear allegiance to the Union.
Radical Republicans consider this plan too lenient
Want to destroy political power of former slaveholders
Want full citizenship and suffrage for African Americans
Johnson’s plan much like Lincoln’s, plus the following:
Divide South into military districts
Excludes Confederate leaders and wealthy landowners
Veto the Freedmen’s Bureau

6. Reconstructing Society
By 1870, all former Conf. states have rejoined Union.
Many Southern whites reject equal rights for blacks (the Ku Klux Klan is born).
Former slaves start churches, thousands move north to reunite with families or find jobs.
Sharecropping- to farm land owned by another, sharecroppers keep only part of crops

9. Collapse of Reconstruction
Ku Klux Klan wants to destroy Republican plans, aid planters, repress African Americans
Kill thousands of men, women, and children.
1872 Amnesty Act passes, forgives Southerners for leaving Union.
Democrats gain control of the South in 1876 election, Reconstruction ends.

10. Significance Success: Passing of 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Needs work:
Attempts to address discrimination failed
White landowners passed discriminating laws (poll taxes, black codes)
Whites would rule the South for the next 100 years

11. How did Reconstruction ultimately fail? List 3 specific examples.
Summary
How did Reconstruction ultimately fail? List 3 specific examples.