Transcript AMH 2020 ch.15 (II)

Reconstruction (II)
 End
of Civil War
 South
was devastated
 African
 How
Americans no longer slaves
to put the pieces back together?
 Field
Order 15 “forty acres and a mule”
 1865-African
 How
Americans were hopeful
would the new south look?
 Minimal
Reconstruction
• Restore Union
• Andrew Johnson
 Radical
Reconstruction
• Restore Union
• Put “loyal” people in key positions
• Guarantee basic rights for blacks
• Congress
 Under
Lincoln
 Successful
 Set
in LA and AR
up local government after 10% were
“loyal”
 Southerner
 U.S. Senator
 V.P. under
Lincoln
 President
• Man positioned to
guide U.S. back
together
 Many
states were limiting voting to
include white only
 Black
codes were passed
 Different
laws
 Freedman’s
bureau
• Had to be rewritten to pass
 Civil
Rights Bill
• Congress over rode the veto
“Citizenship for all persons born or
naturalized in the United States”
 Contradicted
 Wanted
Johnson’s wishes
to “re-shape” southern society
 Supported
military rule
• Militarized for a limited period
 Eventually
forced to compromise
 Radical
Republican
 Redistribute
plantation land to
slaves
 Too
radical for many
 Johnson
refused to support
Reconstruction Act
 Congress
voted to impeach
• Obstructing Congress
 Johnson
vote
escaped Impeachment by one
 Cities
destroyed
 Economy
changing
 Confederate
currency was useless
1865
 40,000 former slaves granted 300,000
acres of land
 When
Johnson pardoned land owners
• Land was returned
 Contract
• Agreed upon price for one year
 Share-cropping
• New kind of servitude
 Made
 Mob
unemployment a crime
violence
 Limited
voting, property rights
 Republicans
 Protection
ruled
of civil and voting rights
 “Scalawags”
• White southern republican
 “Carpetbaggers”
• Northerners who saw opportunity
 Schools
 Expanded
 African
public services
Americans could particpate
 Credit
Mobilier Scandal
• Vice President implicated in this scheme
 Whisky
Ring
• Corruption at all levels of government
 Ratified
in 1870
 Upheld
the right of all male citizens to
vote
 Allowed
for local level qualifications
 Wanted
to reclaim the south
 Put
Democrats in control
 Go
back to the pre-Civil war Social Order
 Targeted
African-American and white
supporters
 Enforce
 Illegal
the 15th Amendment
to interfere with voting rights
 U.S. troops
could intervene
 Thousands
arrested
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
SAM J. TILDEN
 Tilden
won the popular vote
 Electoral
votes disputed
 Compromise
gave Hayes the win
• Promised to withdraw from the South
• Southern Democrats agree to side with Hayes
 Southern
white elite took control
• Wealthy planter class
• Business
 “Reedemers”
• Combination of Old South elite and
commercial/business interest groups
 Began
informally
 Become
the law
 Supreme
Ferguson
Court upheld in Plessey vs.