Under Reconstruction Republican government control the South scalawags

Under Reconstruction, Republican government control the South: • scalawags- white southern “traitors” who cooperate with the Republican governments • Carpetbaggers- northern Republicans who move into the south • Freedmen- former slaves (90% Republican) 1867 cartoon- military registering freedmen to vote 1868 cartoon 1872 cartoon

Jigsaw Assignment: How did freedmen’s life change during Reconstruction? • 10 minutes to prepare– All in group agree on main idea(s) and good details to be used to explain topic – On paper: • • Identify topic Main IDEA!!!! At least 3 specific supporting details bulleted Visual/ image to help explain – Each member must be the “expert” on that topic in a “jigsaw” group

• HW: Was this system fair? • How is it like slavery? Different? • How did it lead to a “cycle of debt”? • http: //www. npr. org/templates/story. ph p? story. Id=94558581 • BB’s account: – Positive? – Negative?

What is the message?

Political Cartoons • Thomas Nast – Made cartoons for Harper’s Weekly, a NORTHERN magazine • SOURCING– Do you think he’d be with President Johnson (lenient) or the Radical Republicans (punish the south, provide rights to freedmen)?

COMPROMISE OF 1877 • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Lpq. GUT 5 3 Vgk • PREDICTION: What will happen with the return of “home rule” in the South?

Closure • What are the 3 most important changes for freedmen during Reconstruction? Why? – Answer on bottom of page