CHAPTER 16 RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877 Purpose Rebuilding Society
CHAPTER 16 RECONSTRUCTION
1865 -1877 Purpose? Rebuilding Society Today?
FORMER SLAVES Post-Civil War 2 things contradictory Sharecropping Landlord and farmer Exploited freedpeople Extend slavery
SOUTH �Post War? �Devastated, demoralized �Reconstruction: redemption �Freedpeople to slave status �Blacks: adversaries
BLACK CODES 1865 Re-enacted Restricted freedoms Economic, social, political
th 14 AMENDMENT Civil rights of Black MALES Equality Today?
TH 15 AMENDMENT All men could vote, regardless of color
RESULTS Civil War amendments Black politicians South Carolina: majority were Black
COUNTER RECONSTRUCTION 1870 -1874 Racism and violence Equality was a threat
KU KLUX KLAN 1866, Pulaski, TN Social club Terrorist, paramilitary Objective: eliminate Black rights, power Any means necessary Evolution Cross burning – 1905 Alive and well today
NORTHERNERS Black rights faded Racialized views of Blacks
END OF RECONSTRUCTION Political Violence and intimidation “Redeemers” Holy warriors Saved South purgatory, Black rule
LEGACY Horrors of reconstruction Southern view of Reconstruction Pop history Professional historians
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