5.

3: Reconstruction

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Reconstruction: 1865-1877
 PresidentialReconstruction (A Johnson)
 States could come back into the USA
once they ratified the 13th Amendment
 Southerners created black codes to
keep African-Americans inferior
 Congressional Reconstruction (led by
the “Radical Republicans”)
 The South was placed under military
rule & divided into 5 zones
 Southern states were forced to ratify
the 14th & 15th Amendments
 Reconstruction Legislation
 From 1865 to 1877, blacks were
protected & given rights as citizens
 13th Amendment ended slavery
 14th Amendment made it illegal to
discriminate against people due to
race, gender, religion
 15th Amendment gave all black
men the right to vote
 Freedman’s Bureau created to
provide food, 40 acres & a mule, &
schools for African-Americans
 Radical Reconstruction (1867-1877)
But, Radical Reconstruction was not
Created 5 military districts to enforce Reconstruction

adequate to enforce equality in the South

Black codes were common
in many parts of the South

A secret society called

the Ku Klux Klan was
created to keep blacks
inferior & return
“Redeemer Democrats”
to power
 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment:
 President Johnson interfered with the
“Radical Reconstruction” plan & was
the 1st president to be impeached
 But he was not removed from office
 The end of Reconstruction:
 The “Second Corrupt Bargain”
(the “Compromise of 1877”)
 President Hayes removed federal troops
& ended military zones
 “Jim Crow” era began (1877-1954)
 Legal segregation in the South
 Jim Crow Era (1877 to 1954)
 Jim Crow laws keep blacks from voting
 Literacy tests—voters have to read
 Poll taxes—voters must pay a tax
 Grandfather clauses—allowed whites
to avoid literacy test & poll taxes
 In Plessy v Ferguson (1896), the

Supreme Court said segregation was

OK (“separate but equal”)
“Jim Crow” South from 1877 to 1954
The era after the Civil War from 1865
to 1877 is typically referred to as:
1. Reconstruction
2. The Antebellum Era
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former slaves with jobs, food, education,
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During Reconstruction, Southern states
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 This “Reconstruction amendment”
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a citizen's life, liberty, and property
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 Which group used fear &
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voting in the South?
1. Democratic Party 
2. Molly Maguires  100%
3. Ku Klux Klan 
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 The court case that allowed for
segregation by establishing the
"separate but equal" doctrine was  
1. Marbury vs. Madison.
2. Dred Scott vs. Sanford. 83%

3. Miranda vs. Arizona.

4. Plessy vs. Ferguson.
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Reconstruction ended with the
1. Compromise of 1877.
2. passage of the 15th Amendment
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