27.3 The End of Reconstruction

1. 27.3 The End of Reconstruction Write this down on the left hand side, this is your title page. The page number is 27.3.

2. CA. Standards • 8.11.1 List the goals of Reconstruction and its political and social effects. • 8.11.2 Identify the push-pull factors in the movement of former slaves to the cities in the North and to the West and their differing experiences in those regions. • 8.11.3 Effects of the Freedman’s Bureau and the restrictions placed on freedmen, including racial segregation and “Jim Crow” laws. • 8.11.4 Trace the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and their effects. • 8.11.5Understand the 13th-15th Amendments to the Constitution and effects on Reconstruction.

3. Today’s Objectives • Know how Reconstruction ended. • Know the deal between Demo. and Rep. that brought an end to Reconstruction. • Restrictions placed on African American in the South. • How the system of sharecropping works. • The migration of African Americans out of the South during Reconstruction.

4. Essential Questions • How did the deal between the Democrats and Republicans over the election of 1876 end Reconstruction? • In which ways did Southerners limit the political and economic power of African Americans? • What occurred in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and how did the Supreme Court’s ruling affect the country?

5. End of Reconstruction • This is the title for your notes, on the right hand side.

6. Grant’s Administration • Anti-Ku Klux Klan Bill of 1871. -Arrested Klansmen for threats and violence. • 2nd term full of corruption and controversy. -Financial crisis, Panic of 1873. • Decline of Republican support. • Democrats regained power in the South.

8. Restoring Southern Power • Withdrawal of federal troops. • Full amnesty to ex-CSA. • Helped by KKK and white supremacist groups. • Republicans lose all southern states.

9. Election 1876 • Candidates tie. • Up to Congress to decide. • Compromise of 1877. • Deal made so Republican Rutherford B. Hays becomes President. -Removal of federal troops in the South. -Railroads connecting South with the West Coast. -S. officials will receive funds for public projects. -Hays would appoint a Democrat in his cabinet. -Demo. are to respect A.A. rights. • Reconstruction ends 1877.

11. A.A. Lose Rights • Poll Tax: Personal tax to be paid before voting. • Literacy Test: Test to see if a person could read and write and be allowed to vote. • Grandfather Clause: Voter can skip the literacy test if their grandfather voted before January 1, 1867. • Jim Crow Laws: Segregationkept the races separate.

14. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 • Homer Plessyarrested for sitting in “white only” railroad car. • Supreme Court upholds segregation laws. • “Separate but equal” allowed. -Rule would last until the 1950’s

16. A.A’s Hope • “40 acres and a Mule” -Land reform wasn’t pushed as much as civil rights. • Contract System. -Ex-slaves would work for plantation owners for wages. -Little change of treatment from before the Civil War.

17. Sharecropper • A laborer will work another farmer’s land in exchange for a share of the profit. • Landlord would supply everything on credit. -In bad harvest, debts would be higher then money made on the harvest. -Many locked into cycle of debt.

19. “New South” • Industrial growth= raw materials into finished products. -Textiles (cloth). -Iron. -Timber (wood). -Oil. • Agriculture. -Cotton. -Tobacco.

20. A.A. Migrate • Faced widespread violence, prejudice and poverty in the South. • Moved to northern cities or westward in search for economic opportunities. -Forced to the poorest parts of cities.

22. Study Guide • Copy and fill out the study guide on page 196. • Use your notes and textbook pages 432-437 to fill it out. -READ YOUR NOTES, 80% OF THE ANSWERS ARE THERE!!!! • You have 30 min. to complete it. • If you finish early complete the Checkpoint and Check Your Progress questions in your textbook pages 432-437.

23. Map Exercise • Go to page 438. • Study the map on that page. • Answer the questions on the right hand side of the page labeled, “Practice the Skill.” • Also answer the questions on page 441 labeled, “Apply the Skill.” Use the map on pg. 438. • You have ten minutes.

24. Newspaper Article • Pretend you are a reporter during Reconstruction. • Write a newspaper article on any of the events or people we have learned about in this unit. • Make sure to answer the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY or HOW in your article. • Final draft is HOMEWORK.

25. Rubric for Writing Assignment 5  Content: Clearly focused introduction; idea development interesting and sophisticated; supporting evidence detailed, accurate, and convincing; perceptive conclusion. Organization: Paragraph order reinforces content; strong topic sentences make content easy to follow; effective and varied transitions. Mechanics: Flawless punctuation and spelling; varied and interesting sentence structure. 100 words+.