1. Day 27 Reconstruction
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2. Johnny Comes Marching Home- Louis Lambert
When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer and the boys will shout The ladies they will all turn out And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.
The old church bell will peal with joy Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our darling boy, Hurrah! Hurrah! The village lads and lassies say With roses they will strew the way, And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.
Get ready for the Jubilee, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give the hero three times three, Hurrah! Hurrah! The laurel wreath is ready now To place upon his loyal brow And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.
Let love and friendship on that day, Hurrah, hurrah! Their choicest pleasures then display, Hurrah, hurrah! And let each one perform some part, To fill with joy the warrior's heart, And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home

3. Forever Free Edmonia Lewis (1867)
Edmonia Lewis was rare artist in that she was both black and a woman

4. Reconstruction
Lincoln’s plan (ten % plan) lenient on confederacy
Radical Republicans- call for dismantling of south and allowing black vote
Andrew Johnson (Pres. #17) like Lincoln believed in lenience minus landholders
Ex-Confederates agree
Congress Refuses them and write passes law to expand Freedman’s Bureau and Civil Rights act of 1866

5. Freedman Bureau
1865- Congress extends program to help ex-slaves adjust by providing food and clothing
1866- Civil Rights Act made it illegal to pass “black codes”

6. Rejoining the Union- Reconstruction Act 1867
The 10 Confederate States were under military rule until a new state government was established
Former leaders could not hold office
Former leaders could not vote
New State Constitutions had to allow all freed slaves to vote
State legislators had to pass the 14th Amendment

7. 14-15th Amendment
Johnson vetoes Bill Freedman Bill and Civil Rights, but they over overridden by Congress- unifies moderate and radical Republicans
14th Amendment denying rights to vote for citizens Passed
Johnson Impeached for firing cabinet members (real reason was not following reconstruction plan) but no conviction by one vote
Ulysses S Grant elected
15th Amendment Passed- voting and race
Constitutional Law

8. Reconstruction Society
Public works in south
Scalawags-Southerners joining the Republican Party
Carpetbaggers- moved from north to south
Black Vote- illiteracy and eagerness
Disunified Republicans in the South
Ulysses S. Grant is seen as honest, but many corrupt officials appointed

9. African American reconstruction
Growth of Black Church
Black Schools built
Migration to North and West. Still found discrimination.
Voted and held office
Hiram Revels first African American Senator

10. Life improves during reconstruction
Many start new business (Madame CJ Walker first woman to earn a million dollars)
Founding of Black Newspapers

11. Sharecropping in South
Sherman’s promise of 40 acres and a mule unfulfilled
Most African American’s in South became sharecroppers- farm someone else's land for a percentage of crop
Often could not leave land until debts were paid

12. Reconstruction falters
Amnesty Act 1872 – restrictions removed for most confederates
Panic of 1873 Economy falters many in north question money spent in South.
Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B Hayes run for President
Tilden won popular vote, Electoral vote in dispute. Each candidate claiming victory in 3 key states
Compromise 1877 Hayes given presidency if he would promise to pull troops in south.

13. Collapse of Reconstruction
Southern Vigilante groups formed
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Goal: stop African American rights
Freedman’s Bureau Expires in Congress
Supreme Court Shift
South declares Home rule after election of 1876
Democrats “Redeem the south”

14. Summary Questions Who became the president after Lincoln?
What was the Reconstruction?
Group that help to adjust former slaves to their freedom?
What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
What civil war hero became President after Johnson?
Who controlled Congress during reconstruction?
What is a scalawag?
Who were carpetbaggers?
What is the difference between tenant farmers and sharecroppers?
White Supremacist Group that developed during Reconstruction?