Warm Up Grab Sheet up front and read

Warm Up Grab Sheet up front and read Prep fo notes fo sho.

Grant And Reconstruction

Who is Andrew Johnson? n Senator from Tennessee who did not secede n Lincoln picked Johnson to balance ticket and to favor southern border states n Would become 17 th President of United States

The Death of Presidential Reconstruction Congress goes on Summer break n Johnson begins to give to many concessions to Southerners n n Angers Radical Republicans

The Johnson Impeachment Johnson impeached n 1 st President impeached n Charges Politically Motivated n n Begins Congressional (Radical) Reconstruction

Johnson Impeachment n Radical Republicans had the votes to Impeach President n Impeachment charges drawn up in the House n Trial in the Senate

Election of 1868 n n n Johnson abandoned Republicans nominate Grant wins 214/294

1868 Election Results

Military Reconstruction Some Southerners still defiant n Federal Troops Occupy the South n

Readmission to the Union n The Reconstruction Acts (4) – Creation of five military districts in the seceded states (not including Tennessee, which had ratified the 14 th Amendment and was readmitted to the Union) – Required congressional approval for new state constitutions (which were required for Confederate states to rejoin the Union) – Former Confederate states gave voting rights to all men. – All states must ratify the 14 th Amendment.

The Johnson and Grant Movie n Write down 4 things ‘bout both.

Warm Up n Take out Reconstruction Packet from Yesterday

President Grant n Movie

Amnesty Act n n n 1872 Pardoned most former Confederates All but 500 of top leaders

15 th Amendment n “Cannot deny vote based upon race” n Believed power of vote would allow African Americans to protect themselves

Republican Reconstruction n Republicans gained most of their support from African Americans, northern settlers, and white supporters

African Americans in the Government n 1, 500 public offices held n 16 in House of Reps 2 in Senate n

The “Redemption” Era n Southern Whites wanted political power back n Intimidated southern African Americans n 1870 -1877

Violence in the South n n n Ku Klux Klan forms Intimidate black voters Grant will go to war against clan and nearly destroy

Rise of the Southern Democrat Intimidation n Southern Democrat comes to power n n Scandals in the Administration – Further Rise to power

Restricting Voting Rights n 1870 s – Rise of Segregation n States found ways to curb voting rights – Literacy tests – Poll taxes

The New South n n n Southerners recognize importance of industry “Out Yankee the Yankees” Steel, tobacco, cotton, lumber – Textile Mills, Steel mills