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Reconstruction: Plans & Policies
Mr. SchniderSeptember 2013
Hello! Today is 9/25/13Warm Up: How To Read
a Map
Step Think to yourself . . . Example
Step One: What is the title of the map?
What is this map about? Is it a current or historical map?
1876 Presidential Election
Step Two: What important characteristics do you notice?
Are there symbols? A legend or key?Are there political boundaries? Physical features? Does it include lines of latitude and longitude? A scale? A compass rose?
Compass Rose, Key, State boundaries, Pie charts
Step Three: What type of map is it?
Political? Physical? Thematic? Road? Climate? Resource?
Political
Step Four: What can you learn from this map?
What is the most important part of the map?
Who won the election of 1876
Step Five: How can you use this map?
How is the information helpful to you?Who else might use this map?
Study about the right to vote, see how each state voted for who,
. . . to read a map.Name: Period:
SCHNIDER -- U.S. History II
What we’re going to do today
Agenda– Warm Up– Policies & Problems– Sort It– 1876 Map Activity
By the end of class, you will be able to describe the policies & problems of Reconstruction. You will be able to explain how the election of 1876 led to end of Reconstruction.
By the end of class, you will be able to describe the policies & problems of Reconstruction. You will be able to explain how the election of 1876 led to end of Reconstruction.
Reconstruction Policies and Problems . . .
What Actually Happened
1. Southern military leaders could not hold office
Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee
2. African Americans could hold public office
Example: In 1872 there were 7 African-Americans in Congress
3. African-Americans
gained equal rights
Example: Civil Rights Act of 1866…
…which authorized the use of Federal troops for enforcement.
Example: 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
4. Northern soldiers
supervised the South
5. Freedman’s BureauStarted schools for former enslaved African
Americans and poor whites in the South
Freedman’s Bureau Schools
6. Southerners resented Northern
Carpetbaggers, who took
advantage of the South during
Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers
Northerners who moved South during
the Reconstruction
to take advantage of financial ($$) opportunities
They carried suitcases made of carpet.
7. Southern states adopted Black Codes to limit economic and physical freedom of former slaves
- Black Codes were local laws adopted by
state governments that placed severe
restrictions on ownership of land and
ability of former slaves to move about
freely
President Andrew Johnson
Resulted In…
Sharecroppers
• Were freed slaves
• They were allowed to farm land by giving most of their harvest to the
landowners
Ku Klux KlanIt was the
most powerful
secret society in the
South…
Segregation –Separated African-Americans and whites in
public places
Polic
ies
& P
robl
ems America’s To Do List:
ð Free the slaves (1863)ð Beat the South in the Civil War
ð Rebuild cities
ð A new leader, with a plan
ð Stop the conflict between
people
ð Help freedmen get jobs,
education
ð Ensure equal rights for A.A.
America’s To Do List:ð Free the slaves (1863)ð Beat the South in the Civil War
ð Enforce laws (Emancipation
Proc.)
ð Help freedmen with jobs,
education
ð New leader with a plan
ð Stop the conflicts between
people
ð Rebuild cities and buildings
ð
Polic
ies
& P
robl
ems
America’s To Do List:ð Free the slaves (1863)ð Beat the South in the Civil War
ð Enforce the Emancipation Proc.
ð Needed to rebuild cities,
transportation
ð Unite as one again (N & S, W &
B)
ð Freedmen need education,
jobs, support
ð New leader with a plan
ð Equal rights for all
Polic
ies
& P
robl
ems
America’s To Do List:ð Free the slaves (1863)ð Beat the South in the Civil War
ð Physically rebuild cities,
transport.
ð Enforce the E.P.
ð Give equal rights to all
(incl. AA)
ð New leader with a plan
ð Support A.A. with jobs,
education
ð Repair relationships; get
along
Polic
ies
& P
robl
ems
America’s To Do List:ð Free the slaves (1863)ð Beat the South in the Civil War
ð Repair relationships (btw N&S,
B&W)
ð Physical reconstruction;
rebuild the S.
ð New leader with a plan
ð Provide support for freedmen
ð Enforce Emancipation
Proclamation
ð Reunite the country: bring
Southern states back
Polic
ies
& P
robl
ems
Sort it! Impact on African Americans? Positive Negative
Sort it! Impact on White Southerners?Positive Negative
Sort it! In your opinion?Positive Negative
Write this! On the back of your
warm up.
How Did Reconstruction End?
• Ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876
Election of 1876• What conclusion can you make about the election
based upon the geographic results of the election?• Define popular vote.
– Which candidate had more popular votes?
• Define electoral vote.– Which candidate had more electoral votes?
• Why might the Southern states be angered by the election results?
• Both Hayes and Tilden believed that they had won the election; why did they come to such different conclusions?
How Did Reconstruction End?
• Ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876
How Did Reconstruction End?
• Ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876
• The election was tied, to break the tie . . . – Republican candidate (Hayes) won the election– In exchange, federal troops were removed from
the South What do you think will happen
to the rights that African Americans had gained?
Abraham Lincoln• His reconstruction plan
called for reconciliation (forgiveness)
• Preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South
• Murdered by John Wilkes Booth in 1865
Robert E. Lee• Urged Southerners to
reconcile with the North at the end of the Civil War
• Became president of Washington College, which is now known as Washington & Lee University
Frederick Douglass
• Fought for amendments that guaranteed voting rights
• Powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all
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