Alan Brinkley, Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e Chapter Fifteen: Chapter Fifteen: Reconstruction and the Reconstruction and the New South New South
Alan Brinkley,Alan Brinkley,AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e13/e
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The Problems of PeacemakingThe Problems of Peacemaking– The Aftermath of War and EmancipationThe Aftermath of War and Emancipation
The Devastated The Devastated SouthSouth
Myth of the Myth of the “Lost Cause”“Lost Cause”
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Reconstruction and the New Reconstruction and the New SouthSouth The Problems of PeacemakingThe Problems of Peacemaking
– Competing Notions of FreedomCompeting Notions of Freedom Freedom for the Ex-SlavesFreedom for the Ex-Slaves Four Million freed SlavesFour Million freed Slaves 1313thth Amendment-1865 Amendment-1865 200,000 fought for the Union200,000 fought for the Union 38,000 Died38,000 Died The Freedmen’s BureauThe Freedmen’s Bureau
A Freedman’s Bureau School (U.S. Military Institute, Carlisle, PA)
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– Issues of ReconstructionIssues of Reconstruction Conservative and Radical RepublicansConservative and Radical Republicans
– Plans for ReconstructionPlans for Reconstruction Lincoln’s 10% PlanLincoln’s 10% Plan Loyalty OathsLoyalty Oaths Wade-Davis BillWade-Davis Bill Disenfranchising Leading ConfederatesDisenfranchising Leading Confederates
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– The Death of The Death of
Lincoln-April 14,1865Lincoln-April 14,1865
Lincoln’s Funeral Procession
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John Wilkes Booth
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– Johnson and “Restoration”Johnson and “Restoration” Andrew Johnson’s PersonalityAndrew Johnson’s Personality Offered Amnesty to Loyal SouthernersOffered Amnesty to Loyal Southerners Northern Attitudes HardenNorthern Attitudes Harden Radical Republicans Gain InfluenceRadical Republicans Gain Influence
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Andrew Johnson
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Radical ReconstructionRadical Reconstruction– The Black Codes-White Control over FreedmenThe Black Codes-White Control over Freedmen
Johnson’s VetoesJohnson’s Vetoes– The Fourteenth Amendment-1868The Fourteenth Amendment-1868
Citizenship for Blacks and All People Born in the U.S.Citizenship for Blacks and All People Born in the U.S. Equal Protection ClauseEqual Protection Clause
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– The Congressional PlanThe Congressional Plan Three Reconstruction BillsThree Reconstruction Bills The Fifteenth Amendment-1870The Fifteenth Amendment-1870 African American SuffrageAfrican American Suffrage
– The Impeachment of the PresidentThe Impeachment of the President Tenure of Office ActTenure of Office Act Limited the Authority of The PresidentLimited the Authority of The President Johnson Dismissed Edwin StantonJohnson Dismissed Edwin Stanton Johnson Acquitted by One VoteJohnson Acquitted by One Vote
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Reconstruction, 1866-18779
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– The Reconstruction The Reconstruction
GovernmentsGovernments ““Scalawags”Scalawags” Southern White RepublicansSouthern White Republicans ““Carpetbaggers”Carpetbaggers” FreedmenFreedmen
The Louisiana Constitutional Convention, 1868
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The South in ReconstructionThe South in Reconstruction– EducationEducation
Segregated SchoolsSegregated Schools Civil Rights Act of 1875Civil Rights Act of 1875 ““States Rights”States Rights”
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– Landownership and TenancyLandownership and Tenancy Failure of Land RedistributionFailure of Land Redistribution SharecroppingSharecropping Common Occupation for Former SlavesCommon Occupation for Former Slaves
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40 acres and a mule…?40 acres and a mule…?
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The South in ReconstructionThe South in Reconstruction– The Crop-Lien SystemThe Crop-Lien System
New System of CreditNew System of Credit
– The African-American Family in FreedomThe African-American Family in Freedom Changing Gender RolesChanging Gender Roles
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The Grant AdministrationThe Grant Administration– The Soldier PresidentThe Soldier President
U.S. Grant-1868U.S. Grant-1868 No Political ExperienceNo Political Experience Horatio SeymourHoratio Seymour Liberal RepublicansLiberal Republicans
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Ulysses S. Grant
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– The Grant ScandalsThe Grant Scandals Crédit MobilierCrédit Mobilier Vice-President ColfaxVice-President Colfax
Grant the Trapeze Artist, Joseph Keppler, 1880
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The Grant AdministrationThe Grant Administration– The Greenback QuestionThe Greenback Question
Panic of 1873Panic of 1873 Worst Depression up to that timeWorst Depression up to that time National Greenback Party-1875National Greenback Party-1875 ““Greenbackers”Greenbackers”
– Republican DiplomacyRepublican Diplomacy ““Seward’s Folly”Seward’s Folly” AlabamaAlabama Claims Claims
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– The Southern States “Redeemed”The Southern States “Redeemed” Ku Klux KlanKu Klux Klan Nathan Bedford ForrestNathan Bedford Forrest
– The Ku Klux Klan ActsThe Ku Klux Klan Acts Enforcement ActsEnforcement Acts Decline of the KlanDecline of the Klan
Burning Cross (Licensed for Use)
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The Abandonment of ReconstructionThe Abandonment of Reconstruction– Waning Northern CommitmentWaning Northern Commitment
Impact of Social DarwinismImpact of Social Darwinism
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– The Compromise of 1877The Compromise of 1877 Hayes versus TildenHayes versus Tilden Tilden wins Popular VoteTilden wins Popular Vote Special Electoral Special Electoral
CommissionCommission Compromise of 1877Compromise of 1877 Hayes becomes PresidentHayes becomes President Promises One-TermPromises One-Term Republican Failure Republican Failure
in the Southin the South
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Election of 1876
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The Abandonment of ReconstructionThe Abandonment of Reconstruction– The Legacies of ReconstructionThe Legacies of Reconstruction
Ideological LimitsIdeological Limits
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The New SouthThe New South– The “Redeemers”The “Redeemers”
Bourbon RuleBourbon Rule Federal Power Ineffective to Help MinoritiesFederal Power Ineffective to Help Minorities The Re-Adjuster ChallengeThe Re-Adjuster Challenge
– Industrialization and the “New South”Industrialization and the “New South” Henry GradyHenry Grady Railroad DevelopmentRailroad Development ““Convict-Lease” SystemConvict-Lease” System
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– Tenants and SharecroppersTenants and Sharecroppers Transformation of the BackcountryTransformation of the Backcountry
The Crop-Lien System in 1880
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– African-Americans and the New SouthAfrican-Americans and the New South Black Middle ClassBlack Middle Class Booker T. Booker T.
WashingtonWashington The Atlanta The Atlanta
CompromiseCompromise
Tuskegee Students(Library of Congress)
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– The Birth of Jim CrowThe Birth of Jim Crow Plessy v. Ferguson(1896)Plessy v. Ferguson(1896) Separate but Equal DoctrineSeparate but Equal Doctrine Restricting the Restricting the
FranchiseFranchise White Control White Control
PerpetuatedPerpetuated Jim Crow LawsJim Crow Laws LynchingsLynchings Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells White UnityWhite Unity
A Lynch Mob, 1893
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Where Historians Disagree:Where Historians Disagree:
ReconstructionReconstruction
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Patterns of Popular Culture:Patterns of Popular Culture:
The Minstrel ShowThe Minstrel Show
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