1. Reconstruction Chapter 4.3 Notes #7

2. “ Let a great earthquake swallow us up first! Let us leave our land and emigrate to any desert spot of the earth, rather than return to the Union.”- White Southern Woman After the war, Most southern whites still disliked the union and African Americans Where as Southern blacks believed they had gained equal rights

3. The Old South Destroyed The war left cities in the south in ruins “A wilderness of crumbling walls, naked chimneys, And trees killed by flames.” Disease had also spread through the area causing thousands of deaths

4. The war had also shattered the south’s economy Most confederate soldiers were left w/ out a job Farmland had been ruined 4 million emancipated slaves were homeless

5. Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln declares an end to slavery. Emancipation Proclamation Video

6. Most of these freedman had hoped to be able to live their own lives Buy land, legalize their marriage, build churches and schools, be free General Sherman had ordered part of S.Carolina to be divided into 40 acre parcels and given to freedmen

7. Pair Share What was the state of the south after the Civil War?

8. President Lincoln and Reconstruction Goal was to preserve the Union Even before the war’s end he had been planning for reconstruction -Rebuild the former conf. states & reunite the Union granted amnesty to rebels

9. Pair Share What was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

11. Lincoln’s assassination Lincoln’s goals of reconstruction were never achieved April 14, 1865- shot by John Wilkes Booth -Confederate sympathizer The assassination of Lincoln increased the distrust between the North and the South

17. John Wilkes Booth

21. http://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Curse _of_Tippecanoe

22. Pair Share How do you think Lincoln’s assassination effected the course of history in the United States?

23. President Johnson and Reconstruction Lincoln’s V.P. A democrat, from a poor family, Tennessee Favored a gov. controlled by white citizens Johnson’s plan was for all southern states nullify their acts of secession, & abolish slavery Southerners supported Johnson’s plan because it allowed southerners to take charge of reconstruction

25. Confederate soldiers were now dominating state legislatures These new lawmakers made sure that new state constitutions did not grant Voting rights to freemen When lawmakers complained of African American soldiers in the south, Johnson had the troops removed

26. President Johnson’s actions encouraged former confederates to adopt laws limiting freedom of African Americans Black Codes Prevent African Americans from achieving social, political, and economic equality Could not hold meeting w/out a white present Could not own a gun, attend schools w/ whites, or sit on a jury

27. “Without slaves to do the work, our fields lie untilled.” To get freedmen back in the field, some codes made it illegal for freedpeople to live in a town without being a servant They had to obtain a special license to be able to work in a skilled profession

28. The codes also allowed Judges to determine whether African Americans could support their children If not, the children were hired out African Americans soon realized that the emancipation had not improved their lives “If you call this freedom, what do you call slavery?”

29. Although African Americans believed these laws were a disgrace to civilization there was nothing they could do No political power Had to accept the laws in order to survive Northerners saw this as an attempt to re- establish slavery

30. Pair Share What were the Black Codes and what did they attempt to do?

31. Sharecropping Under this system, a farmer worked a parcel of land in return for a share of the crop, a house, seed, tools, or a horse. Enabled planters to get their land worked even when they had no money Gave laborers a place to live and land to work without strict supervision Most poor white and all African Americans worked as sharecropper

33. 14 th Amendment Required states to grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States Election of 1868 Ulysses S Grant (republican) 15 th Amendment Protected voting rights of African American males

34. Pair Share What did the 14 th and 15 th amendment do and why were the necessary?

36. Scalawags White Southerners who wanted reconstruction of the south Carpetbagger White Northerners who went to the south to help w/ reconstruction

39. 13 th, 14 th,& 15 th Amendments 1. Be able to define each Amendment. Essential Question 2. How were rights gained by African Americans under the 13 th, 14 th, & 15 th Amendments limited by society after Reconstruction?