The age of Reconstruction

The age of Reconstructi

on

Andrew Johnson

a. Favored Lincoln’s 10% Plan

b. Allowed Southern states to rejoin Union

c. Impeached for fighting with Radical Republicans

Radical Republica

nsa.Demand civil rights for freedmen

b.Want to punish the South

c.Occupy the South with Union soldiers

Life During Reconstruction

Carpetbagg

ers & Scalawags

• Northerners who move south to make $$$• Scalawag –

Southerner who supports the Union

The Freedmen’s Bureau• helps former slaves with

schools, getting jobs & housing

Elections• African-Americans voted into office (Hiram Revels – 1st African American senator)

The Ku Klux Klan• Former

Confederate soldiers who terrorize blacks

Sharecropping•Many former slaves work plantations• Similar to slavery

Black Codes• Laws

passed in the South to limit the rights of blacks

Former Generals• Robert E. Lee urges Southerners to reconcile• Served as president of Washington College

Former Generals• Ulysses S. Grant elected president• Advocates for rights of freed slaves• 15th Amendment passes guaranteeing voting rights

The End of Reconstru

ction

Election of 1876•Republican Rutherford B. Hayes •Vs. Democrat Samuel Tilden

Popular VoteHayes Tilden4,036,572

4,284,020

results

Tilden Vs. Hayes

• Tilden won 184 electoral votes

• Hayes won 165 electoral votes

• 20 electoral votes in dispute (Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina)

• Each party reported its candidate had won those states

results

• Since Reconstruction, Union troops occupy South

• Control election boards• Fix the

election so that Hayes wins

A Corrupt Bargain

Compromise of 1877• Democrats agree not to dispute results• All troops pulled out of the South• The Age of Reconstruction is over

The Jim Crow Era• KKK takes power in Southern

states• Segregation of races • States

find ways to deny rights to blacks

The Jim Crow Era