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
