End of reconstruction

The end of Reconstruction

Lesson Objectives

We will- explain and evaluate how Reconstruction in the south came to an end

I will- answer comprehension questions and fill in my notebook.

Essential Question:
How did Reconstruction come to an end in the south?

Multiple Choice

Why were federal troops stationed in the south during Reconstruction?

• To enforce federal laws, protect the rights of newly freed slaves, and maintain order.
• To promote industrialization in the South
• To support the Confederacy
• To establish new state governments

Multiple Choice

What is a Carpetbagger?

• A Carpetbagger was a type of luggage used in the 19th century.
• A Carpetbagger was a Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War to become rich.

• A Carpetbagger was a nickname for a famous Southern general during the Civil War.
• A Carpetbagger was a term for a skilled weaver in the textile industry.

Multiple Choice

What is a scalawag?

• Southern whites who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction policies
• Native Americans who supported the Union during the Civil War
• Former slaves who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction policies
• Northern whites who supported the Democratic Party and Reconstruction policies

Match

Match the following

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• Sharecropping

• Reconstruction

Abolished slavery

Grants citizenship

Right to vote for men

Agriculture work former slaves had to do

Period after the Civil War

• Abolished slavery

• Grants citizenship

• Right to vote for men

• Agriculture work former slaves had to do

• Period after the Civil War

Open Ended

In your own words, describe the Reconstruction act of 1867. Why do you think the federal government passed the Reconstruction act of 1867?

Multiple Choice

According to the video, what compromise marked the end of Reconstruction?

• Compromise of 1865
• Compromise of 1888
• Compromise of 1877
• Compromise of 1901

Compromise of 1877= End of Reconstruction

• In exchange for allowing Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to be President
  the South would get:

  • more local political control for state governments

  • removal of federal troops from the South

  • a formal end to Reconstruction

  • help to industrialize

What were the failures of Reconstruction?

Democrat politicians in the South rolled back many of the gains made by African Americans.

White Southern Resistance:

1. Terror Groups (KKK)

2.strategies to undermine reconstruction amendments

• Literacy test

  • Test that determines if you can read or write

• Poll taxes

  • a tax to vote

Multiple Choice

What is a literacy test?

• A physical fitness test to evaluate strength and endurance
• An assessment used to evaluate a person's ability to read and write.
• A cooking test to assess culinary skills
• A psychological assessment to measure emotional intelligence

Multiple Choice

What is a poll tax?

• A poll tax is a tax levied on property ownership.
• A poll tax is a tax levied on goods purchased.
• A poll tax is a tax levied on corporations only.
• A tax a person had to pay to be able to vote.

Sample Literacy test

In this next slide, you and a partner will take an actual literacy test that was used in Louisiana.

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The South after Reconstruction

• Democrat Party controls south for 100 more years

• Jim Crow laws passed

  • Laws that segregated blacks and whites

• KKK terrorize Black citizens

• Civil rights in the 1960's shifts party

Open Ended

In your own opinion, do you think Reconstruction was a success?