Reconstruction Era
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Reconstruction Era
Rebuilding the South
FIRST PHASE- PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION
CREATED THREE IDEAS FOR RECONSTRUCTION. NO SLAVERY, Secession was illegal, and men had to pledge loyalty to the US
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Second Phase- Congressional Reconstruction
CONGRESS PASSED THE RIGHTS OF BLACK CODES, WHICH ANGERED THE WHITES IN THE SOUTH.
THIRD PHASE- MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION
SPLIT THE SOUTH INTO 5 MILITARY DISTRICTS. THEY GOVERNMENT WANTED TO FIX ROADS , RAIL ROADS, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS.
Scalawags and Carpet Baggers
SCALAWAGS WERE WHITE SOUTHERners WHO TALKED TO freed slaves. Carpet Baggers were Notherners who moved South afer the Civil war..
15TH AMENDMENNT
IT GAVE BLACKS, FORMER SLAVES THE RIGHT TO VOTE. WOMEN OPPOSED IT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED.
END OF RECONSTRUCTION
OCCURRED AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1876, WHEN CONGRESS FORMED THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO RESOLVE DISPUTED DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL VOTES FROM THE SOUTH.
