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The Age of Reconstruction

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WHATWASTHEPOINTOFTHE10%PLAN?

Toshortenthewarpeacefully!Andalsofurtheremancipa7on.

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•  the period in United States history

immediately following the Civil War in which the federal government set the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union.

•  “rebuilding the country” – Literally and figuratively

Andrew Johnson

a. Favored Lincoln’s 10% Plan

b. Allowed Southern states to rejoin Union

c.  Impeached for fighting with Radical Republicans

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Radical Republicans a. Demand civil rights

for freedmen

b. Want to punish the South

c. Occupy the South with Union soldiers

Life During Reconstruction

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Carpetbaggers & Scalawags •  Carpetbagger-

Northerners who move south to make $$$

•  Scalawag – Southerner who supports the Union

The Freedmen’s Bureau

•  helps former slaves with schools, getting jobs, & finding housing

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Elections

The Ku Klux Klan

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Sharecropping

Black Codes •  Laws passed

in the South to limit the rights of blacks

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Former Generals • Robert E. Lee urges

Southerners to reconcile

• Served as president of Washington College

Former Generals • Ulysses S. Grant elected

president • Advocates for rights of

freed slaves •  15th Amendment

passes guaranteeing voting rights

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Election of 1876 • Republican

Rutherford B. Hayes

• Vs. Democrat

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Popular Vote Hayes Tilden

4,036,572 4,284,020

results

Tilden Vs. Hayes

•  Tilden won 184 electoral votes

•  Hayes won 165 electoral votes

•  20 electoral votes in dispute (Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina)

•  Each party reported its candidate had won those states

results

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•  Since Reconstruction, Union troops occupy South •  Control election boards •  Fix the

election so that Hayes wins

A Corrupt Bargain

Compromise of 1877 • Democrats agree

not to dispute results

• All troops pulled out of the South

• The Age of Reconstruction is “over”

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The Jim Crow Era • So who is Jim Crow?

You were considered “black” if you were at least 1/8th (1 grandparent) black.

Quick Vocab

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The Jim Crow Era • KKK takes power in Southern states • Segregation of races • States

find ways to deny rights to blacks

The Jim Crow Era

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The Jim Crow Era

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