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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!