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Objective 1.13: American Reconstruction

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think back on restaurant slavery do you remember this 1861 - 1865 United States engaged in a great civil war  hundreds of thousands of men lost their lives in defense of their cause more Americans died during the Civil War all other American wars combined in history the war which was fought between the North and the South was partially over the issue of slavery and there are political cultural social and economic effects of the Civil War that we still feel today the year is 1865 the Civil War is Over and Union has one Focus immediately shifts to rebuilding the nation Rebel southern states must be readmitted country their slaves must be inserted into society as full citizens this Begins the era of American reconstruction  reconstruction is a period from 1865 - 1877 following the American Civil War that focused on rebuilding the nation fixing the causes of the conflict the major focus of Rican directions Reinventing the southern states and abolishing slavery former slaves he granted the rights of citizens and have those rights protected they also had to be inserted into American society as full citizens  as the war ended plans for reconstruction were headed by President Abraham Lincoln as he stated in his second inaugural address with malice towards none and charity for all Lincoln based his plan for reconstruction on leniency he believed that the southern states should be forgiven for their Rebellion against the North Lincoln thought we're giving the southerners would heal the nation quicker and mend the wounds of the disasters conflict he also believed in slowly integrating former slaves into society as to upset white Southerners and disrupt the Reconstruction process however on an April night in 1865 Lincoln was assassinated  his vice Andrew Johnson assumed control of the Reconstruction process Johnson also believe in leniency towards the South however Johnson was unpopular not the hero that Lincoln was The Radical Republicans in Congress took control the Reconstruction process The Radical Republicans had an entirely different plan they believe that the South should be punished for their Rebellion they sought the strip power of Southern governments whoever belt against the north most of all they stopped to quickly integrate slaves into society given them full citizenship rights protected by law  during Johnson's presidency The Radical Republicans in Congress cast to significant laws to help African Americans the First Act is over Rights Act of 1866 this gave African-Americans citizenship rights and made black is it legal in the states black had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans freedoms and keeping them below whites in the social structure next the Freedmen's Bureau act the Freedmen's Bureau was intended to help assimilate newly freed slaves into the American culture this act extended the bureau which help newly freed slaves find education and helps register them as voters after the Civil War the government use the Constitution to protect the rights of black from White who wants to deny them their rights amendment as new citizens the 13th Amendment states neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States the 13th Amendment slavery in the United States forever and for all time the 14th Amendment states no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the Privileges or immunities have citizens of the United States nor shall any state deprive any person of life liberty or property without due process of law  the 14th what time it guaranteed African American citizenship rights and equal protection under the law the Fifteenth Amendment states the rights of the citizens of the United to vote shall not be denied or Abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race color or previous condition of servitude 15th amendment guaranteed African Americans the right to vote  after the Civil War the Southern economy was in ruins the Confederate dollar was worthless land was destroyed men were dead free slaves had to turn to sharecropping and sharecropping newly freed slaves worked on land owned by whites they farmed it and they kept part of the Harvest some blacks became tenant Farmers they would save a little and run a small plot of land and farm it until they had enough money on their own land  the problem is neither option allow blacks to escape poverty and truly gain their own freedom  ultimately lights for furious about the new laws that protected blacks they feared that freed African-Americans would gain power and Southern politics so Southern States resisted any new laws anywhere they the stage was set for racial clashes in southern Society  white southerners resist the changes to society any way they could one group that the where in this time was the Ku Klux Klan  also known as the KKK that used violence to intimidate blacks and promote their white agenda the threat of violence keep blacks from exercising their new rights as Citizens including the right to vote  members of the clan dressed in white hoods King need to be the ghost of Fallen Confederate soldiers Southern States also implemented poll taxes this was a told that had to be paid at the polling place many poor blacks couldn't afford to pay the toll and therefore could not exercise the right to vote Southern States also had to deal with outside threats  Carpetbaggers were northerners who Moved South and where to buy cheap land troll Southern politics many times Carpetbaggers implemented policies that punish Southern whites for the Rebellion during the Civil War this led to further violence against African by the early 1870s support for reconstruction began to die out only a few pieces of legislation were passed in the remaining years the Reconstruction Act of 1867 abolish government in every Southern state and instead divided the South into 5 military districts these districts are policed by the US military troops are stationed in streets and reconstruction laws were enforced at the point of a bayonet lastly the am eyes of 1877 this compromise effectively ended reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from all Southern States in exchange Republican brother he hates was elected president in one of the tightest elections in US history why does reconstruction matter is social cultural political and economic effects of the Civil War reconstruction or still felt today in the South blacks and the cycle of poverty and discrimination that they never recover from even to this day the rise of the Ku Klux Klan give a voice to angry white Southerners African Americans will live for another Century under fear retaliation violence afraid to exercise the rights of citizens because of the clan in addition the economy of the South but continue to struggle cars with struggle to get by just as much as blacks education struggled and Southern Culture would never recover from the loss of the Civil War and the ripples of reconstruction you're still felt today

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