Reconstruction

History 225 with Mooney at James Madison University

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Presidential Reconstruction

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan that would extend pardons and restore property rights to Southerners who swore allegiance to the union and constitution.

Prominent Confederates had to petition for a pardon.

And there was no mention of voting/civil rights of former slaves.

Black Codes

If you were black and unemployed you had to pay a fine. If you couldn't pay the fine, then your services were sold to the highest bidder.

Civil Rights Act of 1866

As a direct response to the black codes, it prohibited states from violating the rights of their citizens and was the first legislation in which the federal government told the states what they could/couldn't do to their citizens.

14th Amendment

Guaranteed all citizens equal under law and prohibited states from violating the rights of their citizens.

It strengthened the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Congressional/Radical Reconstruction

1) Military Reconstruction Act (1867)

2) Tenure of Office Act (1867)

3) 15th Amendment (1869)

Military Reconstruction Act (1867)

Divided Southern states into military districts

Set rules for ex-Confederates state for readmission to the Union

Secured black voting rights

Tenure of Office Act (1867)

Required Congressional approval for President to remove officeholders without Senate consent.

15th Amendment (1869)

Guaranteed right of American man to vote, regardless of race.

Scalawags

Native whites, mostly yeoman farmers.

Carpetbaggers

Nothern transplants.

"Counter-Reconstruction" (1870-1874)

White southerners gradually regained control of their states, often through violence and intimidation.

Support for Congressional reconstruction began to fade.

(1st) KKK

Wanted to end Republican rule, restore white supremacy, and end black equality.

Klu Klux Klan Act (1871)

If necessary, Federal authorities could use military assistance to arrest and prosecute groups that denied citizens' civil rights if state authorities failed to do so.

"Redemption" (1874-1877)

Ex-Confederates work to "redeem" the South through votes and force, where the election of 1876 basically overthrows Reconstruction.

1876 Presidential Election

Tilden (Democrat) won the majority vote, however the electoral vote was disputed.

Compromise of 1877

Hayes (Republican) was installed in the White House while Democrats took control of all state governments in the South.

Freedmen's Bureau (1865)

Was created to provide social, educational, and economic services, advice, and protection to former slaves and destitute whites.

Sherman's Field Order #15 (1865)

Took large plantations and redistributed parts of them to former slaves. Johnson, however, said you could not do this.

Wade-Davis Bill

Was the radical Republican’s plan for Reconstruction that required loyalty oaths, abolition of slavery, repudiation of war debts, and denial of political rights to high-ranking Confederate officials. President Lincoln refused to sign the bill.

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