Topic 8: reconstruction
Essential Question:
Was Reconstruction an achievement or a failure?
Chapter Overview:
8.1 Plans for Reconstruction Clash
The nation had to figure out how to rebuild, and there were many differing views on how that should happen. After Lincoln's assassination, President Johnson clashed with the Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction. The Freedman's Bureau helped many start new lives after the war, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed during this period, constitutionally allowing more rights to African Americans, but black codes passed in the South found ways around these new laws.
8.2 Reconstruction Changes the South
Radical Republicans dominated Congress, many African Americans were voting, and some ran for office. However, bribery and black codes gradually caused Southern Democrats to regain power in Congress. This led to slow progress during Reconstruction and allowed violence and intimidation of African Americans and their supporters by groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
8.3 Reconstruction's Impact
Support for Reconstruction dwindled during the 1870s. It officially ended after the controversial presidential election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876. Many groups and individuals (such as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Ida B. Wells) still sought equal rights for African Americans, but the introduction of Jim Crow laws in the South continued to keep them from achieving equal status for almost another century. Because of this, Reconstruction is thought to have been less successful than it could have been.
Was Reconstruction an achievement or a failure?
Chapter Overview:
8.1 Plans for Reconstruction Clash
The nation had to figure out how to rebuild, and there were many differing views on how that should happen. After Lincoln's assassination, President Johnson clashed with the Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction. The Freedman's Bureau helped many start new lives after the war, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed during this period, constitutionally allowing more rights to African Americans, but black codes passed in the South found ways around these new laws.
8.2 Reconstruction Changes the South
Radical Republicans dominated Congress, many African Americans were voting, and some ran for office. However, bribery and black codes gradually caused Southern Democrats to regain power in Congress. This led to slow progress during Reconstruction and allowed violence and intimidation of African Americans and their supporters by groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
8.3 Reconstruction's Impact
Support for Reconstruction dwindled during the 1870s. It officially ended after the controversial presidential election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876. Many groups and individuals (such as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Ida B. Wells) still sought equal rights for African Americans, but the introduction of Jim Crow laws in the South continued to keep them from achieving equal status for almost another century. Because of this, Reconstruction is thought to have been less successful than it could have been.
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