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AMERICAN HISTORYReconstructionCh. 4 (ppg. 154-189)

BackgroundO Time Period = 1865-1877O 4 American Presidents involved

O Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, HayesO RECONSTRUCTION: effort to repair & restore

the southern states to the Union

Emancipation

AftermathO3 Major Groups

OBlack SouthernersOPlantation Owners

OCaptured & Abandoned Property Act

OPoor White Southerners

Sparked Migration for both groups

2 Plans

LINCOLN JOHNSON

O 1) Pardon southerner who took oath & accept slavery policy

O 2) denied pardons to confederates who kill African Americn POW

O 3) each state const. convention after 10% of voters wore allegiance

O 4) State elections & rejoin Union

O 1) Pardon southerners who swore allegiance

O 2) Each state constitutional convention

O 3) Void secession, abolish slavery, ratify 13th Amendment

O 4) State elections

RADICAL REPUBLICANSOOpposed Johnson’s viewsOWanted to “reform” south

OReconstruction Act of 1867O1) Put south under military rule (5

districts)O2) new elections for new delegatesO3) all males vote (15th Amend.)O4) barred southern supporters from

votingO5) equal rights to all citizensO6) ratify 14th Amendment

Permanent Changes

Banned slavery in the U.S.

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.

Gave people of race, color, & enslavement the right to vote

SOCIALLYOFREEDMAN’S BUREAUOBLACK CODES

OLaws to “re-enslave” blacksOKu Klux KlanOCarpetbaggersOPublic Education in the SouthOCorruption (more politically)

OGerrymandering

Sharecropping

ECONOMICSOThe “NEW SOUTH”OInfrastructure growthOPanic of 1873ODemocrats manipulate blacks

Scandal and PanicO "If you're dumb, surround yourself

with smart people. If you're smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you.“O Grant failed to follow this

O Grant appointed friends and his wife’s relatives to positions in office

O His cabinet members and others were caught frequently taking bribes

O The Republican Party Split

PanicO Panic of 1873

O The banks made bad loans and bad investments

O Stock market collapsedO Depression Occurred

O Time of very little business activity and high unemployment (people without jobs)

O Depression lasted 5 yearsO 18,000 companies folded

O Who wins the next election?O Democrats

Reconstruction EndsO 1876 Election was too close to be decided

by the electoral collegeO Compromise of 1877

O House of Representatives decided the President – Republicans made a deal with the Democrats

O Republican would win President – HayesO Southern Democrats get . . .

1. Remove the federal army from the south2. South would receive grants and loans to build

railroads3. South would receive federal money for

reconstruction4. Hayes had to appoint a democrat in his

cabinet5. Democrats promised to respect African

American civil and political rights – YEAH RIGHT!