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Aim: What were the immediate effects of Reconstruction? Do Now: Quiz (10 minutes)

Aim: What were the immediate effects of Reconstruction? Do Now: Quiz (10 minutes)

POLITICAL State White Citizens Freedmen SC 291, 000 411, 000 MS 353, 000 436,

POLITICAL State White Citizens Freedmen SC 291, 000 411, 000 MS 353, 000 436, 000 LA 357, 000 350, 000 GA 591, 000 465, 000 AL 596, 000 437, 000 VA 719, 000 533, 000 NC 631, 000 331, 000

Political �African Americans took new roles : school superintends, mayors, representatives in the House.

Political �African Americans took new roles : school superintends, mayors, representatives in the House. �They got the right to vote (suffrage) �NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY FORMS.

Politics �Scalawags: white men how have been blocked out of politics due to their

Politics �Scalawags: white men how have been blocked out of politics due to their wealthy neighbors. Carpetbaggers: People from the North, moved to the South. - Opportunity for new jobs and new land.

Blacks in Congress

Blacks in Congress

� Republics did not support women’s suffrage at this time.

� Republics did not support women’s suffrage at this time.

SOCIAL

SOCIAL

Social �New schools system �Segregation: separate races �Radical republicans wanted integration (to combine white

Social �New schools system �Segregation: separate races �Radical republicans wanted integration (to combine white and black in the United States).

Social �Many southern African Americans were illiterate. �Skilled men got jobs as carpenters, cooks,

Social �Many southern African Americans were illiterate. �Skilled men got jobs as carpenters, cooks, railroad workers, cooks, ….

ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC

Economic �Building the Railroad and its impact: - Create new jobs & fast and

Economic �Building the Railroad and its impact: - Create new jobs & fast and easy way to transport goods. �Sharecropping, Share tendency, and Tenant Farming

Violence Undermines Reform Efforts in the South: KKK: Klux Klan: group of white southerners

Violence Undermines Reform Efforts in the South: KKK: Klux Klan: group of white southerners who terrorized African Americans (burnt homes, schools, churches. . )

The Federal Government Responds �Congress passed the Enforcement Acts : �It is a federal

The Federal Government Responds �Congress passed the Enforcement Acts : �It is a federal offense to interfere with African Americans and