1. Reconstruction New South Settlement of West American Farmers
Day 5
Reconstruction
New South
Settlement of West
American Farmers

2. Reconstruction
Period following Civil War that focused on rebuilding the South and the United States
President Lincoln wanted a lenient plan for the south
Radical republicans wanted to punish Southerners
Amendments that are important!
13th – Freed slaves
14th – Gave slaves citizenship
15th – Gave slaves (men) the right to vote

3. South always voted democratic
Solid South
South always voted democratic

4. Grant’s Presidency He stunk Election of 1876 ended Reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
Settled the election of 1876

5. Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Northerners who came to south to get rich
Took advantage of bad conditions
Scalawags
White southerners who were Republicans that remained loyal to the Union

6. New South Black Codes Jim Crow Laws Segregation
Prevented blacks from serving on juries, limited civil rights of blacks and guaranteed white supremacy in the South because blacks could not vote.
Jim Crow Laws
Intended to segregate blacks and whites
Infringed civil rights of blacks
Segregation
Schools
Churches
Family

7. Settlement of the West Relations between settlers and Indians
Settlers killed off the buffalo (changed life Indians forever)
The buffalo had provided them with food, clothing and shelter
Fought with U.S. Army
Little Big Horn
Wounded Knee

8. Inventions due to settlement
Steel Plow
Windmill
Revolver
Barbed Wire (ended the open range)

9. Alabama History Mobile became known for shipping
Birmingham became known for coal, steel and iron.
Most of Alabama was RURAL and depended on farming
Grew one-crop (boll weevil)
Lack of money
Lack of education

10. Many Americans Farmed The Grange The Populist Movement Farmers Union
Populist were a political party that focused on helping farmers
They wanted to coin silver

11. Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee Institute George Washington Carver
In Alabama
Booker T. Washington founded
Trade School for Blacks
George Washington Carver
Studied the peanut at the Tuskegee Institute