Post Civil War

Slaves Freedom and Reconstruction

Slaves

left plantations legalized marriages searched for family gathered at military posts protection in towns looking for jobs

Slaves Freedom and Reconstruction

Govt. and freed people

13th amendment Freedmens Bureau provided help

Slaves Freedom and Reconstruction

Restrictions

could not vote or hold political office denied many civil rights through Black Codes

these codes denied African Americans their civil rights, or the individual rights guaranteed by the US Constitution

Migration

many moved to Houston and Dallas to find work.however many resumed working in the fields settled in all black communities on the edge of town established churches, schools, stores and newspapers

sharecropper/tenant farmer

sharecropper

a tenant farmer especially in the southern United States who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges

tenant farmer

a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of produce

Attending schools during Reconstruction in TX

first chance for freedpeople to get an education the Freedmans bureau had a difficult time finding teachers schools were short supplies some schools were held in churches

Your turn - Define, interpret, and illustrate

Reconstruction Amendments Booklet
13th
abolish slavery in all states and territories

14th

US citizenship for all that were born or naturalized in the US

15th

the right to vote could not be denied or abridged because of race, color, or previous servitude.

Constitution of 1869

Gave equal rights to African Americans Gave governor strong power of appt. Increased governors term to four years Legislature to meet each yr. More funding for public schools Required school attendance

Since 1865, June 19 has been celebrated in TX as a day of freedom. It is a state holiday marked by picnics, parades, and family gatherings. It took effect when General Granger read the order in Galveston on June 19, 1865.

Texas

Pres. Johnson appointed Unionist Andrew Hamilton as temporary Governor June 1866 constitutional convention did not give African Americans equal rights Aug. 1866 13th Amendment Legislature passed Black Codes

Black Codes

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/course s/US%20History%20I/course%20files/mul timedia/lesson39/lessonp.html?showTopi c=2

Jim Crow Laws

enforced segregation and denied African Americans equal rights, opportunity, and protection under the law

Characteristics of Reconstruction

Freedmans Bureau Black Codes gains and losses in civil rights for African Americans Radical Republicans Reconstruction Acts Rise of the Republican Party New state constitutions Violence

Civil War and Reconstruction on Frontier settlement in TX

Effects

there were not enough soldiers to protect the scattered settlements this encouraged Indians to attack settlers and thus drove the frontier line eastward with the war ending, federal troops arrived to guard the Texas frontier not enough troops to protect the scattered frontier settlements

For more info. on Americas Reconstruction go to.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstru ction/section2/section2_01.html