the union takes over. topics reconstruction elections of 1868 and 1872 election of 1876
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The Union Takes Over
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TopicsReconstructionElections of 1868 and 1872
Election of 1876
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ReconstructionPresidentialCongressional
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Presidential ReconstructionLincoln’s Plan for ReconstructionEffect of Lincoln’s AssassinationJohnson’s failure to pick up the mantle
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Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction 1863-Proclamation of Amnesty and
Reconstruction “The Confederate States never left the
Union” Wanted the state governments back in
operation before September
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Effect of Lincoln’s Assassination
NorthSouth
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Effect of Lincoln’s Assassination-North
April 11, 1865Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DCJohn Wilkes BoothDespair
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Ford’s Theatre-1866
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Today
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John Wilkes Booth-1860
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Effect of Lincoln’s Assassination-South
Left open the chance that Lincoln’s plan would not happen
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Andrew Johnson –17th president
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Johnson’s failure to pick up the mantle Agreed with Lincoln that the states never left the Union, so reconstruction is unnecessary
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Johnson’s failure to pick up the mantle May 1865-Proclamation of
AmnestyEach state had to ratify the
13th Amendment to get back in
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Congressional Reconstruction
Radical RepublicansJudicial BranchProgram for Freed Slaves
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Radical Republicans RuleLoyalty OathsPardonsMilitary OccupationLimits to Presidential Power
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Loyalty Oaths
1864-Wade-Davis Bill
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Pardons
Congress, without Southern members voted to approve a Joint Committee on Reconstruction
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Pardons
Reconstruction Acts- DO not allow a person to vote unless you can tell that he is fit
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Military Occupation 1867-Military Reconstruction Act divided the states into military districts
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Limits to Presidential Power1867-Command of the Army Act, Tenure of Office Act
Impeachment of Johnson
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Impeachment of JohnsonHe kept pardoning former Confederates
Deliberatively violated the Tenure of Office Act
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Impeachment of Johnson
“Tried to obstruct the will of Congress”
1868-Impeached Stepped back from the
process
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JudicialCongress removed the power of the court to review cases under the Reconstruction Acts
The Court ruled on the idea of an “indestrucable Union”
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Program for freed slavesConstitutional Amendments Creation of the Freedman’s
Bureau“It is now Our Country”
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Constitutional Amendments 1866-Civil Rights Act
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Creation of the Freedman’s Bureau Johnson vetoed an act to
extend the life of the Bureau, saying that it was created for wartime and war is over
Congress overrode the veto
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White Southerners’ Response to
Reconstruction Dislike for “Carpetbaggers” and “Scalawags” Resentment Strong dislike for anything “Yankee” Birth of the KKK The “Solid South”
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Dislike for “Carpetbaggers” and “Scalawags”Carpetbaggers – Slang for
Northerners who came south Scalawags – Slang for
Southerners who opposed secession
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Resentment
Southerners hated both groups
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Birth of the KKK
1866-Pulaski, Tennessee
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The “Solid South”
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Elections186818721876
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1868 and 1872 ElectionsRepublicans Triumphant Corruption in Government
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Republicans Triumphant
Election of a military hero
Split within the party
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Election of a military heroGrant wins both, although his political leanings were unknown
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Split within the party
RepublicansLiberal republicans
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Corruption in GovernmentCredit mobilier Whiskey Ring Local Level
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Credit mobilierConstruction company that embezzled a ton of money
Cabinet and Congress members benefitted
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Whiskey RingGrant’s Private Secretary involved
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Local LevelTammany Hall
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The Compromise of 1876-18771877- Electoral Commission
set upHayes elected President if
he removed the last troops from the South
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Samuel J. Tilden
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Hayes-Elected 1877