Chapter 10
Words
After 4 years of bloodshed Union prevailed Slaves emancipated Reconstruction began Amendments made progress Then discrimination And segregation |
Gestures
4 fingers make a pistol One hand pulls other to chest Cross wrist break bonds Bring fingers together Ladder steps Right hand stop Left hand away |
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Notes
Time frame 1861-1865-1877 --> Today
Civil War --> Reconstruction
North finally defeated South/Lee surrenderd to Grant at Appomatox
RECONSTRUCTION: A. Rebuild the south, B. Re-admit Confederate states to Union, C. How to deal with the Freedmen?
Lincoln wanted a “Gentle Reconstruction” vs. Radical Republicans “Harsh”, but Lincoln asassinated --> VP Johnson, a Southern Dem.
Clashed with Congress over Reconstruction
Black codes: rights and restrictions for freedmen
Carpetbaggers & scalawags
Tenant farmers & sharecroppers
3 “Reconstruction” amendments: 13th abolished slavery, 14th granted citizenship, 15th suffrage for black men
(meanwhile, Johnson impeached)
Some progress and improvement for blacks
Hiram Revels, US Senator
Other blacks elected to other offices, then Rise of White Supremacy: KKK, threats, violence, lynching, rape.
1877 Hayes elected, reconstruction over
Jim Crow: laws to disenfranchise. Poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests. “Separate but equal” (?) is constitutional.
Time frame 1861-1865-1877 --> Today
Civil War --> Reconstruction
North finally defeated South/Lee surrenderd to Grant at Appomatox
RECONSTRUCTION: A. Rebuild the south, B. Re-admit Confederate states to Union, C. How to deal with the Freedmen?
Lincoln wanted a “Gentle Reconstruction” vs. Radical Republicans “Harsh”, but Lincoln asassinated --> VP Johnson, a Southern Dem.
Clashed with Congress over Reconstruction
Black codes: rights and restrictions for freedmen
Carpetbaggers & scalawags
Tenant farmers & sharecroppers
3 “Reconstruction” amendments: 13th abolished slavery, 14th granted citizenship, 15th suffrage for black men
(meanwhile, Johnson impeached)
Some progress and improvement for blacks
Hiram Revels, US Senator
Other blacks elected to other offices, then Rise of White Supremacy: KKK, threats, violence, lynching, rape.
1877 Hayes elected, reconstruction over
Jim Crow: laws to disenfranchise. Poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests. “Separate but equal” (?) is constitutional.