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Reconstruction Collapses

Explore Ulysses S. Grant's presidency, scandals, and the end of Reconstruction in the late 1800s. Learn about political turmoil, corruption, and the emergence of the "New South" economy.

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Reconstruction Collapses

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  1. Reconstruction Collapses Chapter 12 Section 4 US History Mr. Love

  2. The Grant Administration • Grant was commander of which force during the Civil War? • Union • Did Grant have much political experience? • No • What did he believe the role of the president to be? • To carry out the laws. • Who did he allow to develop national policy • Congress – what is the problem with this?

  3. The Grant Administration • During Grant’s first administration, who controlled Congress? • Republicans • Republicans also kept ___ ___ which were taxes put on alcohol and tobacco. • Sin taxes • Liberal Republicans banded together with _____ to campaign against Grant. • Democrats • They nominated ____ ____. • Horace Greeley – Grant still wins the election easily!

  4. The Grant Administration • Grant’s second term was filled with scandal. ___ ___, the Sec. of War was found to have accepted bribes from merchants. • William Belknap • The “___ ___” also tarnished his reputation when it was found that a group of distillers had filed false tax reports. Grant’s administration was involved. • Whiskey Ring

  5. The Grant Administration • A panic started in 1873 when the powerful banking firm ___ ___ and ____ filed for bankruptcy. • Jay Cooke and Company • This wave of fear was known as the ___ of ___. • Panic of 1873 • In the 1874 midterm election, who was able to win control of the House of Reps? • Democrats

  6. Reconstruction Ends • During the 1870’s, the South worked to regain its state and local gov’ts from the _____. • Republicans • The South also created groups to intimidate ____ and ___ and also resorted to voter fraud to gain power in the South. • African Americans and white Rep. voters • The Republican candidate in 1876 was ____ ____. • Rutherford B Hayes – wanted to end radical reconstruction • The Democratic nominee was ____ ____. • Samuel Tildon – neither side won a majority of electoral votes.

  7. Reconstruction Ends • Who was the winner of the election? • Hayes • This “deal” is known as what? • The Compromise of 1877. – why? • It has been argued that Republicans told the south that they would remove troops from the south if they let Hayes be President. • Does Hayes pull the troops from the South? • Yes he does.

  8. A New South Arises • The “New South” focused on have a strong _____ economy. • Industrial • Paying rent for the land they farm is called a ____ ____. • Tenant farmer • Many tenant farmers eventually became ______. • Sharecroppers – having to pay with a large majority of their crops. • ___ ____ trapped sharecroppers to the land because they could not pay the high rent costs. • Debt Peonage

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