Reconstruction Ends
Period 1844-1877
Do Now:
•Using the readings from your homework assignment, discuss and complete the following questions with your partner(s):
•What were three policies that the Radical Republicans proposed for Reconstruction?
•What were two reasons why Andrew Johnson opposed giving African Americans the right to vote?
•Why was the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction considered “radical”? Do you think it was “radical”?
Changing Views on Government:
•When did most Americans begin to believe the federal government posed a threat to civil liberties?
______
•After the Reconstruction Amendments, the federal government provided & protected civil liberties
•The Constitution went beyond protecting property rights
Civil Rights Act of 1866:
•Congress sought to reverse the Black Codes with the Civil Rights Act of 1866 - federal law ______
Johnson vetoed the law
1st time Congress overrode President’s veto
Impeachment:
•Johnson vetoed Congress’ Reconstruction Acts of 1867, but is overridden by Congress
•To limit Johnson’s influence over Reconstruction, Congress passes the Tenure of Office Act
•______ The president cannot remove certain office holders (e.g. cabinet members) without the approval of Congress
•Johnson defies the act & removes his Secretary of War
•Johnson is impeached, ______(ONE vote short!)
Election of 1868:
•Grant won the popular vote by 300,000 votes
•______gave the Republican ticket its margin of victory!
“Carpetbaggers” and “Scalawags”:
•Carpetbagger = ______after the Civil War, during Reconstruction
•Many carpetbaggers were said to have moved South for their own financial & political gains
•Scalawags were ______& Northern newcomers
Black Freedom:
•Blacks took part in political meetings and grassroots gatherings
•______
•Black Officeholders
•Roughly 2,000 blacks held public office during Reconstruction
•Fourteen congressional representatives
•Two black senators (both from Mississippi)
-______was the 1st!
-Only 7 others have been elected since 1875
•Blacks served on juries
•Public Schools
•______(Only in New Orleans were schools integrated during Reconstruction)
•The South’s old leaders would soon not stand for black freedom
______:
•Under this system, black families would rent small plots of land, or shares, to work themselves; in return, they would give a portion of their crop to the landowner at the end of the year
•______
•Limited blacks’ & poor whites’ access to land in the South
Wrap Up:
•In groups, take turns reading portions of “A Sharecropping Contract”, then complete the Guiding Questions together.
•We’ll review as a class.