the age of reconstruction
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The age of Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson. Favored Lincoln’s 10% Plan Allowed Southern states to rejoin Union Impeached for fighting with Radical Republicans. Radical Republicans. Demand civil rights for freedmen Want to punish the South Occupy the South with Union soldiers. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The age of Reconstructi
on
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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 Republica
nsa.Demand civil rights for freedmen
b.Want to punish the South
c.Occupy the South with Union soldiers
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Life During Reconstruction
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Carpetbagg
ers & Scalawags
• Northerners who move south to make $$$• Scalawag –
Southerner who supports the Union
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The Freedmen’s Bureau• helps former slaves with
schools, getting jobs & housing
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Elections• African-Americans voted into office (Hiram Revels – 1st African American senator)
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The Ku Klux Klan• Former
Confederate soldiers who terrorize blacks
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Sharecropping•Many former slaves work plantations• Similar to slavery
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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
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Former Generals• Ulysses S. Grant elected president• Advocates for rights of freed slaves• 15th Amendment passes guaranteeing voting rights
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The End of Reconstru
ction
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Election of 1876•Republican Rutherford B. Hayes •Vs. Democrat Samuel Tilden
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Popular VoteHayes Tilden4,036,572
4,284,020
results
Tilden Vs. Hayes
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• 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
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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• KKK takes power in Southern
states• Segregation of races • States
find ways to deny rights to blacks
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The Jim Crow Era