1. Do Now
Explain the importance of the Reconstruction Act.

2. Reconstruction
Part 2

3. Voting
During Reconstruction African-American men were safely allowed to vote, and in some states were the majority
Many would be elected to state offices in the 1860s and 1870s

4. Klu Klux Klan
Founded in 1866 they used violence to try and prevent the freed men from voting

5. Impeachment of Johnson
Congress attempts to impeach Johnson in 1868 but are unsuccessful
This was mainly done because they disagreed with his politics
They still have enough of a majority to overrule his veto

6. Sharecropping
African Americans and poor whites would farm land that they did not own for a share of the profits
They would constantly be in debt

7. Grant Presidency Ulysses S. Grant is elected President in 1868
He is very popular as a war hero
In his second term in office members of his cabinet are accused of corruption

8. Reconstruction Becomes Expensive
Peace and order is maintained in the South but only with military force
This is very expensive to the federal government and becomes very unpopular in the 1870s

9. Election 1876
In 1876 Republican Rutherford B. Hayes runs against Democrat Samuel Tilden
The Republican party has largely fallen out of favor
The election is extremely close, Republicans promises to withdraw the federal troops from the south if Tilden concedes the election

10. End of Reconstruction
With Federal troops leaving the south African Americans have no protection
Segregation becomes the law of the land and is confirmed by the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision in 1896

11. Synthesis
What did Reconstruction accomplish? Write a thesis.