Rebuilding after the War

Rebuilding after the War

Ch 10.1 – 10.3

Military Reconstruction

• Republican’s enact the Military Reconstruction Act : Wipes out all of Johnson’s plan

• South cut into 5 districts• Union leader put in charge at each district

Republicans Impeach Johnson

• Republican’s pass:– Command of the Army Act– Office of Tenure Act

• Johnson tests act by firing Edwin Stanton• House votes to Impeach Johnson• Senate votes 35-19 to Impeach (1 vote short)

Republican’s Expand Power

• Ulysses Grant wins Republican Presidency• Pass 15th Amendment to preserve African

votes

Carpetbaggers and Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers – Northerners who moved south after the war

• Scalawags- Southerners who worked with the Republicans and Northerners– Whigs, Small farmers, Southern Businessmen

Birth of the Ku Klux Klan

• Southern White Resentment unable to strike blows at the Republicans in control

• Broke up Republican meetings, drove out Freedman’s Bureau, Intimidated Blacks and White Republicans

• Main goal to resist Republican reconstruction

Ku Klux Klan Act

• Used to combat Ku Klux Klan1) Made it a crime to interfere with voting2) Federal Elections supervised by federal

marshals3) Outlawed activities of the Klan

Split of the Republican Party

• Sin Tax – Republicans tax alcohol and tobacco to pay for reconstruction

• Democrats argue that policies benefit rich and hurt poor, liberal Republicans agree

• Liberal Republicans nominate their own candidate for president – Horace Greely

• Grant wins re-election though

Turmoil during Grant’s 2nd term

• Graft by William Belknap• Whiskey Ring: St Louis officials file false tax

reports• Panic of 1873:bad RR investments lead to

downturn in economy• Helps Democrats regaining control

Compromise of 1877

• Rutherford B Hayes vs Samuel Tilden for Pres.• Voter fraud on both sides• Congress appoints 15 man commission to

decide president• House and Senate Ratify• Was a deal made?