Southern Resentment Overall, the war and Reconstruction resulted in Southern Resentment and white Southern control of economic, political, and social.

Southern Resentment

Overall, the war and Reconstruction resulted in Southern Resentment and white Southern control of economic, political, and social conditions in the South.

Robert E Lee urged the South to reunite with the nation.

“Act with malice towards none, with charity for all… to bind the nations wounds.”

The Impact of Lincoln’s Beliefs

• Secession is illegal; therefore Confederate governments in the South were illegitimate; therefore Southern states never actually left the Union.

• Reconstruction should quickly and fairly restore Southern governments, loyal to the Union.

Radical Reconstruction

• Lincoln was assassinated soon after Lee surrendered.

• Radical Republicans took control of Reconstruction and enacted harsh consequences for Southern states and began military

occupation in the South.

The Civil War Amendments• Radical Republicans worked to guarantee

voting and citizenship rights for African Americans.

• 13th Amendment: Slavery was abolished.• 14th Amendment: States cannot deny citizens

equal rights under the law.• 15th Amendment: Voting rights are

guaranteed regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Reconstruction is Complete…

In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes became president after a controversial election.

Republicans agreed to end military occupation of the South, if Southern Democrats supported Hayes…This is called The Compromise of 1877.