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Reconstruction of the South

Reconstruction of the South. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Y0EgnLznA. Reconstruction Notes. 13 th Amendment 14 th Amendment Black Codes 15 th Amendment Land Travel Family Freedmen Schools Churches Conventions and Elections. President Andrew Johnson.

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Reconstruction of the South

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  1. Reconstruction of the South

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Y0EgnLznA

  3. Reconstruction Notes • 13th Amendment • 14th Amendment • Black Codes • 15th Amendment • Land • Travel • Family • Freedmen Schools • Churches • Conventions and Elections

  4. President Andrew Johnson • Video: Slavery and the Making of America (27:51- 33:27) • Questions: Add to Notes • 1.) What were ex-slaves doing while travelling after the Civil War? • 2.) What were “Lost Friends” columns? • 3.) What was the key to inclusion in the “New” America? • 4.) Who did Andrew Johnson pardon? • 5.) Who took over Reconstruction?

  5. Sharecropping: At least we aren’t slaves!

  6. Reconstruction: Unfinished • 1873 (DEPRESSION) Sharecropping became the norm for poor blacks and white • VIOLENCE: KluKlux Klan, White League, Red Shirts • 1890- 1908 Southern state change their Constitutions to disenfranchise Blacks.

  7. Jim Crow: 1877- 1965 • Separate but not equal • Blacks were racially discriminated against: Poll taxes Literacy Tests Violence- lynching Poor public accommodations Lack of job opportunities

  8. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) • Born in slavery (mother was a slave/ father white master?) • Taught how to read and write from a white caretaker • Escaped to New York • Traveled Britain and Ireland for two years • Published many abolitionist newspapers • Bestselling author • Supported women’s rights (Seneca Falls Convention)

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