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Reconstruction

Unit 7. Reconstruction . Unit 1. Opposing Plans. Hanging of former Confederate commander of Andersonville, GA prison camp Nov., 1865. Richmond, 1865. Richmond 1865. Columbia: SC, 1865. Presidential Reconstruction. Lincoln’s 10% plan

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Reconstruction

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  1. Unit 7 Reconstruction

  2. Unit 1 Opposing Plans

  3. Hanging of former Confederate commander of Andersonville, GA prison camp Nov., 1865

  4. Richmond, 1865

  5. Richmond 1865

  6. Columbia: SC, 1865

  7. Presidential Reconstruction • Lincoln’s 10% plan • Pardon and oath—establish a new government • Congress’s Wade-Davis Bill • Ironclad Oath • Strip ex-confeds of rights • Johnson’s plan • Ratification, amnesty • December 1865 Johnson announces the Union is restored

  8. Radical Reconstruction • Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens • Freedmen’s Bureau • Reconstruction Amendments • Reconstruction Acts • Military districts, no-ex confeds in gov’t, ratification of 14th, new state constitutions • Tenure of Office Act—Impeachment of Johnson

  9. Implementing Reconstruction • Republicans, Democrats, Freedmen • Carpetbaggers, scalawags • Culture and investment • New voters, legislators and politics • Ease Black Codes • Civil Rights Act 1875 • Public works • Institutional reform • State constitutions

  10. Section 4 A ReconstuctedSouth

  11. What New South? • Henry Grady’s vision • New economy • Railroads, industrial capitalism • Lost Cause and Redeemers • Re-establishment of conservative rule • One-party state • Reform and immigration

  12. Now that We are Free • Black Codes to Jim Crow • Scourge of sharecropping • Crop-lien system • Land and labor • Votes and Office • Freedmen’s Savings and Trust • Churches, schools, pride

  13. Section 4 Reconstruction’s Undoing

  14. Hard Economic Times • Economy “corrected” after the massive spending during war • 1869 Black Friday • Crash and Panic of 1873 • Northern Pacific • Banks closed, credit dried up, unemployment soared • Depression • Freedmen’s Savings and Trust went bankrupt

  15. Corruption and Scandal • Grant’s administration plagued by ineptitude, cronyism and scandals • Poor appointments • Black Friday • Credit Mobilier • Whiskey Ring • Indian Ring • Shielded friends, relatives

  16. Terror, Violence and Repression • Black Codes, Jim Crow and Segregation • Hall v. DeCuir(1878) • Amnesty Act (1872) • Miss. Plan • Rise of KKK • Enforcement Acts • SC Habeas Corpus

  17. Election of 1876 • 19 Electoral votes in several states disputed • Back room negotiations gave 1 vote advantage to Hayes (R) • “Compromise of 1877” • republicans agreed to remove troops from the South • Reconstruction ends (1865-1877)

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