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Bellwork: What does the 13th
amendment do?
Classwork: Reconstruction Guided
notes Part I
Civil War and Reconstruction pkt DUE
Wednesday
5 minutes
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Bellwork: What does the 14th
amendment say about citizenship?
Classwork: Reconstruction Guided
notes Part I
Sharecropper Contract-primary source Civil War and Reconstruction pkt DUE
today (5th hour-Due Friday)
5 minutes
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SLIDE 6 Reconstruction was both a process and an era. Following the Civil War, Reconstruction encompassed two things:
transformation of the South
- The attempted integration
and protection of the freed slaves
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- Established freed slaves as
citizens (overturning Dred Scott)
- States can’t deny the Bill of
Rights
- State’s must provide “due
process” and “equal protection under the law” (still used today!)
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SLIDE 37 In 1867, Congress passed the Military Reconstruction Act:
military districts
- Must ratify the 14th
- Provide male suffrage
- Readmission into
Union
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What was Lincoln’s plan of readmitting the States known as?
The 10% Plan
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What did the Wade- Davis Bill require? 50% of voters to take loyalty oath
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What are the two periods of Reconstruction known as? Presidential & Congressional Reconstruction
SLIDE 45 What angered Congressional Republicans about Johnson?
- Quick pardoning & leniency on the
South
- Failing to protect the rights of the
freed slaves
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What were the series of laws meant to keep African- Americans in a semi-state of slavery after the war?
The Black Codes
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This agency was established to provide aid for the freed slaves? The Freedmen’s Bureau
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What was the Freedmen’s Bureau’s greatest success? Education
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Freed slaves were often stuck in this system in which a tenant uses the land in return for a share of the crops produced?
Sharecropping
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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1866? Make the freed slaves citizens
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To protect the right of citizenship Congress passed? The 14th Amendment
SLIDE 52 What other protections does the 14th Amendment provide?
- State’s must incorporate the Bill of Rights
- Equal protection under the law & due
process
- Limited political role of ex-Confederates
SLIDE 53 What did the Military Reconstruction Act do?
- Divided the South into 5 military
districts
- Must ratify the 14th
- Provide male suffrage
Before readmission into Union
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When Johnson broke this law, they brought him up on impeachment charges?
Tenure of Office Act
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How many presidents have been impeached by the House of Reps?
Two
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How many have been found guilty by the Senate?
Zero
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Johnson avoided impeachment by how many votes?
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