Bell Ringer

Complete the following:

________’s election in 1860 led to the _________ of Southern states

Lincoln ----- secession

Bell Ringer

After the Battle at __________, Lincoln issued the ____________ _________ which ____ _____ in “areas of rebellion” (1862)

Antietam – Emancipation Proclamation – freed slaves

Bell Ringer

Opening shots of the war: ______ ______, SC - 1861

Battle of __________, PA: Turning point: victory for the North -1863

Fort Sumter -- Gettysburg

Quotes

“We hold it to be the duty of the government to inflict punishment on the rebels… The whole fabric of southern society must be changed.

Thaddeus Stevens, “Radical Republican” leader of Congress

With malice toward none, with charity for all…let us bind up the nation’s wounds.. and achieve a just and lasting peace.

Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address

Reconstruction

The southern states were left embittered and devastated by the war.

What kind of things were destroyed in the war?

What problems did the nation have to solve?

Reconstruction

At the end of the war, there was no agreed-upon plan for Reconstruction Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan – “charity for all” Congress’s Wade-Davis Bill (Radical

Republicans) – “punish the South”

After Lincoln’s death, Andrew Johnson becomes president

Johnson’s plan let the South in quickly, but did not protect rights of freed blacks

What did the Black Codes do?

“All freedmen, free negroes, and mulattoes in this State, with no lawful employment or business, or found unlawful assembling themselves together either in the day or night shall be fined fifty dollars”How were African-Americans controlled in the South?

Battles over Reconstruction

Congress battles with President Johnson on Freedman’s Bureau – social, legal help Civil Rights Act – no racial discrimination

Congress passes bills Johnson vetoes them Congress overrides the vetoes 14th Amendment

Johnson tries to defeat the 14th Amendment “Swing Around the Circle” – he fails!

Impeachment of the President

Why was PresidentJohnson impeached?

What was the outcome of the trial?

The Civil War Amendments- read the amendments on pgs 168-170 and in your own words write what the amendments accomplished.

13th

14th

15th Can you find the flaw in the 15th Amendment?

Reconstruction Act of 1867: Congress divides the South into military districts

Ulysses S. Grant wins a close electionConfederates were not

allowed to voteSupport from carpetbaggers

and scalawagsAnd for the 1st time…freed

African-Americans

Election of 1868

Hiram Revels is the first African-American Senator. He served as the US Senator from Mississippi.

Opposition to Reconstruction

Who might oppose Reconstruction?Who were the Redeemers? What did they do to oppose Reconstruction?

The “Invisible Empire of the South”

The “Invisible Empire of the South”

“Of course he wants to vote for the Democratic ticket”

The Failure of Federal Enforcement

The Failure of Federal Enforcement

The End of Reconstruction

Why does support for Reconstruction end?

Northerners have moved on Political scandals in Grant’s administration Economic depression: Panic of 1873 After the 15th Amendment, many think the

work is done

Supreme Court weakens Amendments

The South regains control…

Compromise of 1877

The END of Reconstruction

No one clearly wins the Presidential election – Hayes (R) v Tilden (D)

Congress makes a deal: Republicans get Hayes as president if the

South gets: federal troops removedmoney for rail, rebuilding, projectsto govern themselves without Northerners

Word Maps

Was sharecropping a good idea for landowners? For poor whites and freedmen?

Definition:

11th grade sentence:Drawing:

Synonym:

Sharecropping

Conclusion

The North and Midwest industrialized, but the South would remain a backward, agriculture-based economy and the poorest section of the nation for many decades.

Homework

Read pages 376-382

Answer Main Idea questions 1-3 pg. 402

Homework

Read pages 383-392

Answer Main Idea questions 4-6 pg.402