1. Unit 6 Reconstruction 1864-1877 Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

2. Civil War → Reconstruction Pres. Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for second term on March 4, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865

3. John Wilkes Booth Pres. Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 while watching a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC

4. Andrew Johnson – 17 th President of U.S. 1 term: 1865-1869 Republican Party 13 th Amendment 14 th Amendment

5. Reconstruction: 1864-1877 13th Amendment –Ended slavery 14 th Amendment –Made former slaves citizens

6. Andrew Johnson – 17 th President of U.S. Midterm election of 1866 disaster for Pres. Johnson Radical Republicans win majorities in Congress –Passed several acts over Johnson’s veto

7. Andrew Johnson – 17 th President of U.S. Impeached by House of Representatives on Feb. 24, 1868 Senate found him not guilty –One vote short of 2/3 majority

8. Ulysses S. Grant – 18 th President of U.S. 2 terms: 1869-1877 Republican Party 15 th Amendment

9. Reconstruction: 1864-1877 15 th Amendment –Gave former slaves right to vote (men only)

10. Reconstruction: 1864-1877 Carpetbaggers Scalawags Sharecroppers Ku Klux Klan

11. Reconstruction: 1864-1877 By 1872, most former Confederates were again allowed to vote By late 1870s, conservative whites had regained control of the South –Northerners grew weary of trying to change the South Time to let Southerners run their own government again, even if African Americans lose rights gained –Government of the Southern states was once again in the hands of the Southerners

12. End of Reconstruction Election of 1876 –Samuel Tilden – Democratic candidate Won popular vote One electoral vote short of number needed to win election –Rutherford B. Hayes – Republican candidate Promised to end Reconstruction Selected by Congress to be President

13. Rutherford B. Hayes – 19 th President of U.S. 1 term: 1877-1881 Republican Party Removed remaining Federal troops from the South

14. End of Reconstruction Southern white conservatives use violence to keep African Americans from voting Voting restrictions in Southern states –Poll taxes –Literacy tests Grandfather clauses

15. End of Reconstruction Segregation became law of the South Jim Crow laws –Laws separating whites and blacks 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson –Supreme Court said segregation was legal if facilities were equal

16. End of Reconstruction Laws passed during Reconstruction (such as 14 th Amendment) became basis of civil rights movement almost 100 years later